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THE WEIDENBAUM CENTER is a non-profit, nonpartisan research organization at Washington University in St. Louis. Founded in 1975, it is recognized nationwide. The Weidenbaum Center supports scholarly research in the fields of economics, government and public policy. It works closely with the Department of Economics, the Department of Political Science, and other academic units of Washington University.

The Center’s public policy efforts consist of a multifaceted program of research, forums, retreats, publications, and online resources. These programs reach a wide audience of influential individuals in business, government, academia, and the national media. They educate policy-makers, journalists and the general public on policy issues at the intersection of business and government.

Reforming The Nominating Process
By Steven S. Smith and Melanie J. Springer, eds., Brookings Institution Press 2009 c. 260pp. The 2008 U.S. presidential campaign has provided a lifetime's worth of surprises. Once again, however, the nomination process highlighted the importance of organization, political prowess, timing, and money.... [more]

Program Areas
	Multinational Enterprises and the Global Economy
	Citizenship, Civil Society, and Democratic Values
	American Politics
	Macroeconomic Policy

U.S. Regulatory Spending
Expansion of Regulatory Budget and Staffing Continues in the New Administration: An Analysis of the U.S. Budget for Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010, an annual report on federal regulatory spending and staffing by the Weidenbaum Center’s Melinda Warren and Mercatus Center’s Veronique de Rugy tracks the expenditures of federal regulatory agencies and the staff needed to run these agencies. Federal regulatory agencies will spend $55.8 billion of U.S. taxpayers’ money in 2010, an inflation adjusted increase of 3.2 percent over the 2009 budget. In addition, the number of regulatory employees will increase 2.3 percent to 272,475 full-time equivalent employees.

What a difference a year makes
The Weidenbaum Center has witnessed, measured and been a part of many of the year's most important developments. [To Download]

EITM
2010 EITM Summer Institute — training seminars on the link between methods of empirical analysis and theoretical models. June 14-July 1, 2010.
Applications now being accepted for advanced graduate students and junior faculty.

February 25, 2010

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Uncertain economic times affect all levels of gove..[More]

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