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- Title
RegData: A numerical database on industry-specific regulations for all United States industries and federal regulations, 1997-2012.
- Authors
Al‐Ubaydli, Omar; McLaughlin, Patrick A.
- Abstract
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 our measures 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.
- Subjects
UNITED States; INDUSTRIAL laws &; legislation; CONSTRAINT databases; FEDERAL regulation; CODIFICATION of law; DEPENDENT variables
- Publication
Regulation & Governance, 2017, Vol 11, Issue 1, p109
- ISSN
1748-5983
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/rego.12107