Panel: Politics vs. Expertise
(Politics, Media, and the Policy Process)

Friday, November 8, 2019: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
I.M Pei Tower: Terrace Level, Beverly (Sheraton Denver Downtown)

*Names in bold indicate Presenter

Panel Chair:  Stephane Lavertu, The Ohio State University
Discussants:  Samuel Workman, University of Oklahoma and Ed Gerrish, University of South Dakota

Politics vs. Expertise


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Legislative Demand and the Timing of U.S. Agency Regulations
Simon Haeder, Pennsylvania State University and Susan Webb Yackee, University of Wisconsin



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Johabed G. Olvera, Julio Alberto Ramos Pastrana and Claudia N. Avellaneda, Indiana University