Panel: Politics and Implications for Policymaking
(The Impacts of Politics on the Policy Process)

Thursday, November 3, 2016: 3:00 PM-4:30 PM
Oak Lawn (Washington Hilton)

*Names in bold indicate Presenter

Panel Chairs:  Craig Volden, University of Virginia
Discussants:  Stan A. Veuger, American Enterprise Institute

Politics and Implications for Policymaking

Mining for Favors: The Impact of Lobbying on Safety Regulations
Anastasia V. Shcherbakova, University of Texas at Dallas



The Shelf Life of a Statute: Congressional Accountability and Government Regulation, 1950-1987
Simon Haeder, University of Wisconsin – Madison and Susan Webb Yackee, University of Wisconsin



Is Central Bank Independence Always a Good Thing?
Michaël Aklin, University of Pittsburgh and Andreas Kern, Georgetown University