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Regulatory Burden: Measurement Challenges and Concerns Raised by Selected Companies

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Nov. 18, 1996
Report No. GGD-97-2
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Summary:

Measuring the effects of federal regulation on the economy is often imprecise and controversial. Some analysts claim that federal regulations cost the economy hundreds of billions of dollars annually, while others argue that regulations yield even greater benefits. Working with a small group of companies, GAO sought to investigate the cumulative impact of federal regulations on those businesses. GAO asked the companies to identify which regulations applied to them, the costs and other impacts of those regulations, and the regulations that were most problematic. GAO also gathered information from regulatory agencies. GAO found that comprehensive data on the cost of regulatory compliance were hard to obtain and that any attempt to measure the incremental impact of all federal regulations is extremely difficult.

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