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PERC Senior Fellow Bruce Yandle orginated the theory of Bootleggers and Baptists in the early 1980s. In essence, two different groups suppor the same, regulations, but benefit from different effects of the regulation. Has anything changed?
Jane Shaw, Bruce Yandle
03/01/2005
By Jane S. Shaw and Bruce Yandle
With his 2006 budget, President Bush appears to be championing fiscal responsibility. For environmental policy, this change offers hope for new directions.
Madhusudan Bhattarai, Bruce Yandle
12/01/2002
RS-02-1: 2002 By Bruce Yandle, Maya Vijayaraghavan, and Madhusudan Bhattarai
Bruce Yandle
10/30/1998
"Bootleggers, Baptists, and Global Warming" explains that something similar is happening with the treaty negotiations over climate change. Baptists are the environmental groups, and bootleggers are the companies, trade associations, and nations that are seeking favors through the global warming...
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