November 2007 – Evaluation of Barrier Removal Costs Associated with the 2004 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Accessibility Guidelines [PDF File] submitted E.H. Pechan & Associates Inc., Research Summary. [PDF File]
June 2007 – Review and Analysis of the Effect of EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Phase II Burden Reduction Proposal on Tri Data Uses [PDF File] submitted by E.H. Pechan & Associates, Inc., Research Summary. [PDF File]
September 2006 – The Government’s Role in Aiding Small Business Federal Subcontracting Programs in the United States [PDF file] -a working paper by Major Clark III, Chad Moutray, and Radwan Saade, Research Summary [PDF file]
August 2006 – Encouraging New Opportunities for Small Business as Prime Contractors through Changes to DOE's Management and Operating and Other Management Contracts [PDF file], a feasibilty study by the SBA Office of Advocacy, Department of Engery, National Nuclear Security Administration, DOE, and Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
October 2005 Research Study [PDF file], Impact of Litigation on Small Business, submitted by Klemm Analysis Group Research Summary)
Semptember 2005 Research Study [PDF file], The Impact of Regulatory Costs on Small Firms (Update), submitted by W. Mark Crain (Research Summary)
June 2004 Research Study [PDF file], Small Businesses as Culprits and Clients: A Comparison of Brownfield Redevelopment in Los Angeles and Kuala Lumpur, submitted by Carol S. Armstrong Research Summary.
February 2004 Home-Based Business and Government Regulation [PDF file] Full report - Appendices, submitted by Henry B. R. Beale, Microeconomic Applications, Inc., Research Summary.
October 2002 Research Study [PDF file], Analysis of State Efforts to Mitigate Regulatory Burden on Small Businesses, submitted by Management Research and Planning Corporation Research Summary.
March 2002 Research Study [PDF file], Emissions Trading for Small Businesses, submitted by Jack Faucett Associates, Inc., Research Summary.
October 2001 Research Study [PDF file], The Impact of Regulatory Costs on Small Firms, submitted by W. Mark Crain and Thomas D. Hopkins, (Research Summary)
March 2001 Research
Study [PDF
file], An
Evaluation of Compliance with the Regulatory Flexibility
Act by Federal Agencies, submitted by CONSAD
Research Corporation Research
Summary.
January 1999 Research Study
[PDF
file], Impact
by Firm Size of the Dollar Amount of Penalties Imposed by
Federal Government Regulators - Part
A - Part
B - Part
C - submitted by Kelly Lear-Nordby Research
Summary.
December 1998 Research
Study [PDF
file], Impacts
of Federal Regulations, Paperwork, and Tax Requirements
on Small Business, submitted by Microeconomic
Applications Inc., Research
Summary.
1996 Research
Study, Electric Utility Restructuring:
Issues for Small Business, submitted by J.
W. Wilson and Associates, Research
Summary [HTML file].
October 1995
Research Study, The Changing Burden of
Regulation, Paperwork, and Tax Compliance on Small Business
— addresses the burden of regulation, paperwork, and tax
requirements, how that burden affects the cost structure
of small firms relative to large firms, and, ultimately,
how it may affect their profitability.
1995 Research
Study, [HTML file] A Survey of Regulatory
Burdens, – Profile of Regulatory
Costs, submitted by Thomas D. Hopkins
Research
Summary) [HTML file].
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