Agenda-setting in the regulatory state: Theory and evidence

TY - JOUR

T1 - Agenda-setting in the regulatory state

T2 - Theory and evidence

AU - Coglianese, Cary

AU - Walters, Daniel E.

N1 - Funding Information: * Edward B. Shils Professor of Law, Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Penn Program on Regulation, University of Pennsylvania Law School. We gratefully acknowledge support from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and from Allen J. Model and the Leo Model Foundation. We also greatly appreciate helpful comments on an earlier draft of this Essay from John Kingdon, Connor Raso, Jeffrey Rosen, and Glen Stazsewski, as well as input from all the participants at the workshop organized by the Penn Program on Regulation in November 2014, whose names are listed in the Appendix. This Essay represents the authors' efforts to summarize and synthesize the perspectives expressed at that workshop. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the authors, the Penn Program on Regulation, or any of those providing support for this project. Furthermore, although this Essay synthesizes the workshop dialogue, it does not necessarily represent the views of all the participants nor should it be construed to represent a consensus statement or a shared set of recommendations. Funding Information: During the Obama Administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took notable steps to address climate change by issuing a variety of significant new rules under the Clean Air Act. What led this agency to the front lines of such major and controversial policy actions? The EPA moved forward not only because of the priorities of its leaders but also because of a variety of outside pressures, including interest group lobbying, the filing of a formal petition for rulemaking,' a major Supreme Court decision clarifying the agency's authority under the Clean Air Act,2 various legislative proposals and numerous committee hearings on Capitol Hill,3 and ultimately a major climate initiative announced by President Obama.4 All of these factors shaped the EPA's policy agenda and in

PY - 2016/12/1

Y1 - 2016/12/1

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M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84989875980

SN - 0001-8368

VL - 68

SP - 93

EP - 118

JO - Administrative Law Review

JF - Administrative Law Review

IS - 1

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