Government Regulation and Small Business, Testimony prepared for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Small Business

Authors

Murray L. Weidenbaum, Washington University in St Louis

Files

Publication Date

3-1-1978

Series Information

Occasional Paper 12

Publisher

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

Description

This testimony presents four major points regarding H.R. 7739 "Small Business Impact Statement Act of 1977" and H.R. 10632 "Small Business Regulatory Relief Act." First, there is concern that regulation hits smaller business disproportionately hard. Second, requiring a regulatory impact statement is a good one, as it helps government understand the effects of its actions. Third, the amount of paperwork required by specific impact statements is concerning. Finally, public policy would be better served by requiring a single comprehensive impact statement prior to the issuance of each new regulation.

Keywords

Testimony, Congress, Economic Impact Statements, Government Regulation, Public Policy

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/K7PK0DBR

DOI

doi:10.7936/K7PK0DBR

Recommended Citation

Weidenbaum, Murray L., "Government Regulation and Small Business, Testimony prepared for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Small Business", Occasional Paper 12, 1978, doi:10.7936/K7PK0DBR.
Murray Weidenbaum Publications, https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/mlw_papers/77.