THE 1992 REGULATORY MORATORIUM - DID IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: FURLONG, SR
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.2307/3110244
• 发表日期: 1995
• 页码: 254-262
• 关键词: Discretion

摘要

What exactly is the goal of a regulatory moratorium? Have the goals ever been achieved? On January 28, 1992, President Bush imposed a 90-day regulatory moratorium on new federal regulations. According to the White House, this moratorium war aimed at reducing the burden of government regulation on the economy. This regulatory moratorium seemed to be in response to a number of concerns by the administration. First, it provided a partial scapegoat to the overall sluggish economy that refused to show any signs of strong growth. Second President Bush, who led the Task Force for Regulatory Relief under the Reagan administration, war perceived by many to be reregulating America (Rauch, 1991). By imposing the moratorium on regulations, the Bush administration could hypothetically deflect concerns about the economy, slow down the number of regulatory actions, and show how serious it war in its fight against overregulation. By providing information and statistics on regulatory output for several high-producing regulatory agencies, Scott Furlong examines the impact of the moratorium on the regulatory agencies' output and probes the question of whether such moratoria can make a difference.