23 Apr 2008

Proposed New Fuel Economy Standards:
A test for benefit-cost analysis

by Richard Belzer

in Regulatory Economics, Regulatory Policy

The Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed on April 22 to significantly increase the fleet average fuel economy standards motor vehicle manufacturers must meet beginning in the 2001 model year. More...

2 Apr 2008

Academic Success and the Final Four

by Richard Belzer

in Amusements

College basketball programs are not known for producing college graduates. Now that the Final Four tournaments are set, how do the competing teams perform academically? More...

1 Apr 2008

Regulating How Drop-Out Rates Are Reported:
The tip of the iceberg of a persistent information quality problem

by Richard Belzer

in Information Quality

Department of Education secretary Margaret Spellings has announced a new regulation to control how states report drop-out rates. Under existing law, the states have the discretion to devise their own formulas. This makes interstate comparisons problematic. It also reflects the states' interest in devising formulae that under-report actual drop-out rates.

Under the proposed rule, all states would have to use the same federally prescribed formula. More...