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QuantGov is an open-source platform that lets users apply the best tools of data science to analyze policy-relevant documents.

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Using RegData, Kofi Ampaabeng, @EconPatrick, & @ThurstonPowers compared the volume and other features of the regulatory landscapes of three large countries—Australia, Canada, and the United States—and their states and provinces in this article: https://t.co/VEI95b90hN

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Product Spotlight: RegData Canada quantifies the regulation in the regulatory codes of the federal Canadian government and the provinces and territories, allowing researchers to directly test the effect of regulation on economic outcomes in Canada. https://t.co/F4b8V1aES4

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Researchers examine RegData metrics of regulation for 23 different jurisdictions in the US and Australia and find a positive and significant correlation between regulatory volume and population in an introductory paper on RegData Australia. https://t.co/dzrRkoY6EJ

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In @realclearpolicy: "In 2012, @mercatus created RegData to help answer these questions. Its artificial-intelligence approach tallies the number of words like “shall” or “must” in America’s federal code that create obligations or prohibition..." https://t.co/e85uaUuLAp

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Product Spotlight: Use the RegData U.S. Regulation Tracker to visually assess the quantity of regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, and interact with variables such as regulations targeting specific industries or quantities produced by agencies. https://t.co/GbRPoSHQot

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The Wall Street Journal cites research based on our data:

"The Mercatus Center ranks California as the most highly regulated state in the U.S." https://t.co/uyThBcg25b"

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This research utilizes our data to measure the price effects of a variety of land-use regulations. https://t.co/N9TDz7LSGV

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Product Spotlight: RegHub is QuantGov's premier tool designed to make our free data & documents as accessible as possible. It makes regulatory text easy to use for natural language processing, machine learning, and other computational analysis. https://t.co/FbEoHTYMNQ

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This @cgousu book on Net Neutrality cites our data in their research on regulation impacting the US telecommunications sector. https://t.co/L5mt57mTPD

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Using RegData's data, this research shows that population levels and the amount of regulation are highly correlated across countries & time, and that more-populated US states, Australian states & Canadian provinces tend to be more heavily regulated. https://t.co/M0FdQVTeQ1

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Product Spotlight: State RegData downloads & analyzes both state regs & statutes, turning thousands of pages of dense regulatory & statutory text into datasets, which each contain: general metadata, restriction counts, word counts & industry relevance. https://t.co/CgPj28LLLe

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"[T]he wave of regulation that hit the airlines in the late 1970s as a result of the Airline Deregulation Act in 1978 was a success... according to research by Kenneth Button and David Christensen at the Mercatus Center."

This research utilized our data: https://t.co/druQTDNzrz

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In @realclearpolicy: "In 2012, @mercatus created RegData to help answer these questions. Its artificial-intelligence approach tallies the number of words like 'shall' or 'must' in America’s federal code that create obligations or prohibition..." https://t.co/e85uaUuLAp

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How could the government have helped small businesses by reducing their regulatory burden during the pandemic?

This research utilizing our data proposed a new program relatively costless program during the COVID-19 pandemic: https://t.co/IR2G1jEOKs

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Product Spotlight: RegHub is QuantGov's premier tool designed to make our free data & documents as accessible as possible, converting regulatory text to make it easy to use for natural language processing, machine learning & other computational analysis https://t.co/DoQpPmUW9R

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Examine regulatory reform approaches in Australia through the lens of policy innovation with this research utilizing our data. https://t.co/SRTZ4FKNuV

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According to the research from @mercatus, Mississippi has experienced the following regressive effects:
• 86,135 more people living in poverty
• 3.6% higher income inequality
• 904 jobs lost annually & 68 fewer businesses annually
• 7.35% higher prices
https://t.co/lRgb4gPWKb

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Product Spotlight: The State RegData data project quantifies regulatory and statutory activity across all 50 US States and the District of Columbia. This marquee data visualization allows users to interact with the data in a detailed manner. https://t.co/WW879hHXLJ

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The Wall Street Journal cites research based on our data:
"The Mercatus Center ranks California as the most highly regulated state in the U.S." https://t.co/uyThBcg25b

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This policy brief utilizes our data to describe the problems associated with regulatory accumulation. https://t.co/xeg8u23bs7