Balleisen wins Smith Richard Foundation Grant to Study Regulatory Change

Ed Balleisen, along with Duke Law Professors Jonathan Wiener and Kim Krawiec, and Duke environmental economist Lori Bennear, have won a major grant from the Smith Richardson Foundation to support their interdisciplinary research project, "Recalibrating Risk: Crises, Perceptions, and Regulatory Change."  This project involves case studies of regulatory responses to three types of crises – nuclear accidents, major offshore oil spills, and financial meltdowns – in various societies and eras.  The grant will fund honoraria for authors (contributors include economists, sociologists, political scientists, historians, legal scholars, and a cognitive psychologist);  support for the co-editors; authors meetings; and meetings with policy-makers.