HKS Affiliated Authors

Teresa and John Heinz Professor of the Practice of Environmental Policy

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Risk Regulation Lessons from Mad Cows. Joseph Aldy, December 2013, Paper. "Risk Regulation Lesson from Mad Cows analyses and compares the policy responses in the U.K. and U.S. to the mad cow disease crisis. The article concludes with a series of ten public policy lessons for dealing with similar emerging risks. This monograph draws a number of lessons from the mad cow experience regarding how one should regulate invasive species risks and deal with dimly understood but potentially serious risks to large populations..." May require purchase or user account. Link Verified October 12, 2014