RegData: Anumerical database on industry-specific regulations for all United States industries and federal regulations, 1997-2012
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Al-Ubaydli, Omar; McLaughlin, Patrick A.
署名单位：
George Mason University; George Mason University
刊物名称：
REGULATION & GOVERNANCE
ISSN/ISSBN：
1748-5983
DOI：
10.1111/rego.12107
发表日期：
2017
页码：
109-123
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摘要：
We introduce RegData, formerly known as the Industry-specific Regulatory Constraint Database. RegData annually quantifies federal regulations by industry and regulatory agency for all federal regulations from 1997-2012. The quantification of regulations at the industry level for all industries is without precedent. RegData measures regulation for industries at the two, three, and four-digit levels of the North American Industry Classification System. We created this database using text analysis to count binding constraints in the wording of regulations, as codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, and to measure the applicability of regulatory text to different industries. We validate ourmeasures of regulation by examining known episodes of regulatory growth and deregulation, as well as by comparing our measures to an existing, cross-sectional measure of regulation. Researchers can use this database to study the determinants of industry regulations and to study regulations' effects on a massive array of dependent variables, both across industries and time.
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