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Cary Coglianese
Deputy Dean and Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science; Director, Penn Program on Regulation

Cary Coglianese
Deputy Dean and Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science; Director, Penn Program on Regulation

Tel: 215.898.6867
Email: cary_coglianese@law.upenn.edu

Expertise

  • Administrative Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Government Regulation

Bio

Cary Coglianese specializes in the study of regulation and regulatory processes, with a particular emphasis on the empirical evaluation of alternative regulatory strategies and the role of conflict and cooperation in business-government relations. [More]

Cary Coglianese specializes in the study of regulation and regulatory processes, with a particular emphasis on the empirical evaluation of alternative regulatory strategies and the role of conflict and cooperation in business-government relations. His recent books include: Import Safety: Regulatory Governance in the Global Economy; Regulation and Regulatory Processes; and Leveraging the Private Sector: Management-Based Strategies for Improving Environmental Performance. He has also recently written on climate change policy, public participation and transparency in federal rulemaking, and voluntary environmental programs. Coglianese was a founding editor of the peer-reviewed journal Regulation & Governance, and he currently serves on the board of the American Bar Association’s Section on Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice.

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Representative Professional Positions

Penn Law – Deputy Dean (2008- ), Associate Dean (2008-09), Edward B. Shils Professor of Law (2006- )

Penn College of Arts & Sciences – Professor of Political Science (2006- )

Visiting – Vanderbilt, Penn Law, Stanford

Harvard – Senior Research Fellow (2006-2007)

Harvard – Associate Professor of Public Policy (1998-2006), Assistant Professor of Public Policy (1994-1998)

Wharton School Risk Management & Decision Processes Center – Research Fellow (2006- )

Representative Publications

IMPORT SAFETY: REGULATORY GOVERNANCE IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY (Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, forthcoming) (with Adam Finkel & David Zaring).

BEYOND COMPLIANCE: WHY FIRMS JOIN VOLUNTARY ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND WHY IT MATTERS (Johns Hopkins Univ. Press/Resources for the Future Press, forthcoming) (with Jennifer Nash).

Transparency and Public Participation in the Rulemaking Process, GEO. WASH. L. REV. (forthcoming 2009) (with Heather Kilmartin & Evan Mendelson).
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Engaging Business in the Regulation of Nanotechnology, in ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION IN THE SHADOW OF NANOTECHNOLOGY: CONFRONTING CONDITIONS OF UNCERTAINTY (Christopher Bosso, ed., Johns Hopkins Univ./Resources for the Future Press, forthcoming 2009).

Environmental Leadership Programs: Toward an Empirical Assessment of their Performance, 35 ECOLOGY L.Q. 771 (2009) (with Jonathan Borck & Jennifer Nash).
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Government Clubs: Theory and Evidence from Voluntary Environmental Programs, in Matthew Potoski & Aseem Prakash, eds., VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS: A CLUB THEORY APPROACH (MIT Press, forthcoming 2009) (with Jennifer Nash).
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The Managerial Turn in Environmental Policy, 17 N.Y.U. ENVTL. L.J. 54 (2008).
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Constructing the License to Operate: Internal Factors and their Influence on Corporate Environmental Decisions, 30 LAW & POL'Y 73 (2008) (with Jennifer A. Howard-Grenville and Jennifer Nash).
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The Rhetoric and Reality of Regulatory Reform, 25 YALE J. ON REG. 85 (2008).
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REGULATION AND REGULATORY PROCESSES (Ashgate, 2007) (with Robert A. Kagan)
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Weak Democracy, Strong Information: The Role of Information Technology in the Rulemaking Process, in Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger & David Lazer, eds., FROM ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT TO INFORMATION GOVERNMENT: GOVERNING IN THE 21ST CENTURY (MIT Press, 2007).
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Business Interests and Information in Environmental Rulemaking, in BUSINESS and ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY (Michael Kraft & Sheldon Kamieniecki eds., MIT Press 2007).

Can Regulation and Governance Make a Difference?, 1 REGULATION & GOVERNANCE 1 (2007) (with John Braithwaite and David Levi-Faur).
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Citizen Participation in Rulemaking: Past, Present, and Future, 55 DUKE L.J. 943 (2006).
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LEVERAGING THE PRIVATE SECTOR: MANAGEMENT-BASED STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE (Johns Hopkins University Press/Resources for the Future Press 2006) (with Jennifer Nash).
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Management-Based Strategies for Improving Private-Sector Environmental Performance, 36 ENVTL. L. REP.10003-10016 (2006) (with Jennifer Nash)
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The Role of Government in Corporate Governance, 1 N.Y.U. J. L. & BUS. 219-239 (2005) (with Elizabeth K. Keating, Michael L. Michael, and Thomas J. Healey) (reprinted in 5 ICAFI J. CORP. GOVERNANCE 60-73 (2006))
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Measuring Progress: Program Evaluation of Environmental Policies, 47(2) ENV'T 22-40 (2005) (with Lori Snyder Bennear)
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The Internet and Citizen Participation in Rulemaking, 1 I/S: J. L. & POL'Y FOR THE INFO. SOC'Y 33-57 (2005)
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E-Rulemaking: Information Technology and the Regulatory Process, 56 ADMIN. L. REV. 353 (2004).
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Shifting Sands: The Limits of Science in Setting Risk Standards, 152 U. PA. L. REV. 1255 (2004) (with Gary Marchant).
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Seeking Truth for Power: Informational Strategy and Regulatory Policy Making, 89 MINN. L. REV. 277-336 (2004) (with Richard Zeckhauser and Edward Parson)
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Performance-Based Regulation: Prospects and Limitations in Health, Safety, and Environmental Regulation, 55 ADMIN. L. REV. 705 (2003) (with Jennifer Nash & Todd Olmstead).
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Management-Based Regulation: Prescribing Private Management to Achieve Public Goals, 37 LAW & SOC'Y REV. 691 (2003) (with David Lazer).
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Empirical Analysis and Administrative Law, 2002 U. ILL. L. Rev. 1111 (2002).
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Current & Recent Research

Current Working Papers

First Generation E-Rulemaking: An Assessment of Regulatory Agency Websites, Public Law Research Paper No. 07-15, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and University of Pennsylvania Law School Date posted to database: April 15, 2007 (with Stuart Shapiro).

Beyond Compliance: Business Decision Making and the US EPA’s Performance Track Program (with Jennifer Nash)

After the Scandals: Changing Relationships in Corporate Governance

Representative Professional Activities

Editorial Board – Law & Society Review (2000-2003)

Council Member – American Bar Association, Section on Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice (2007 -)

Fellow – American Bar Foundation (2006 -)

Invited Testimony on “The Role of Science in Regulatory Reform,” United States House of Representatives, Committee on Science and Technology’s Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, (2009)

Testimony – United States House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (2006)

Testimony – Massachusetts Joint Committee on Public Service (2006)

Editor – Regulation & Governance (2005 -2008)

Editorial Board – International Journal of Electronic Governance (2005 -)

 
Cary Coglianese

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Education

  • Ph.D. (political science) - University of Michigan - '94
  • J.D. - University of Michigan - '91
  • M.P.P. (public policy) - University of Michigan - '91
  • A.B. - The College of Idaho - '85

Courses Taught

  • Administrative Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Policy Analysis

Research Areas

  • Administrative Law
  • Conflict and Disputing
  • Government
  • Regulation
  • Regulatory Policymaking

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