Christopher Carrigan

Christopher Carrigan is a Associate Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration, Director of the Regulatory Policy and Practice Certificate Program, and a Co-Director of the GW Regulatory Studies Center. His research focuses on regulatory and bureaucratic policymaking, exploring the effects of organizational design on agency rulemaking and enforcement practices, political responses to disasters in regulated industries, the roles supporting analysis plays in regulatory outcomes, and the factors that influence rule timing and durability. Professor Carrigan is author of the Cambridge University Press book, Structured to Fail? Regulatory Performance under Competing Mandates, and co-editor of the University of Pennsylvania Press volume, Does Regulation Kill Jobs? He teaches courses on microeconomics, applied statistics, and benefit-cost analysis and was recipient of the inaugural Trachtenberg School full-time faculty outstanding teaching award. Professor Carrigan has also been the faculty speaker at the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences graduation celebration for master’s and doctoral degree recipients. He holds a PhD in public policy from Harvard University, an MBA from the University of Chicago, and a BA in economics from Davidson College.

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