The Rising Cost of Government Regulation

Authors

Murray L. Weidenbaum, Washington University in St Louis
Robert DeFina

Files

Publication Date

1-1-1977

Series Information

Occasional Paper 2

Publisher

Center for the Study of American Business (CSAB), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130

Description

In fiscal year 1976, the direct cost of federal government regulation of business hit an all time high. By 1978, the annual total federal regulatory cost will be approximately $3.8 billion, an 85% rise over the 1974 level. The most expensive sectors of federal regulatory activity are not focused on an individual industry, but are assigned to a broad category of social activities like the environment, energy, and consumer health and safety.

Keywords

Government Regulation, Increase, Industry, Environment, Energy

Disciplines

Economics | Public Policy

Comments

The Center for the Study of American Business (CSAB), 1975-2001, is the predecessor of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis. Permanent URL: http://dx.doi/org/10.7936/K7KS6PRV

DOI

doi:10.7936/K7KS6PRV

Recommended Citation

Weidenbaum, Murray L. and DeFina, Robert, "The Rising Cost of Government Regulation", Occasional Paper 2, 1977, doi:10.7936/K7KS6PRV.
Murray Weidenbaum Publications, https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/mlw_papers/70.