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Peter Van Doren
Senior Fellow and Editor, Regulation
Peter Van Doren is editor of the quarterly journal Regulation and an expert in the regulation of housing, land, energy, the environment, transportation, and labor. He has taught at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (Princeton University), the School of Organization and Management (Yale University), and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From 1987 to 1988 he was the postdoctoral fellow in political economy at Carnegie Mellon University. His writing has been published in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Journal of Commerce, and the New York Post. Van Doren has also appeared on CNN, CNBC, Fox News Channel, and Voice of America. He received his bachelor's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his master's degree and doctorate from Yale University.
Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226
E-Mail: pvandore@cato.org
Books and Book Chapters
"Energy Myth Five — Price Signals are Insufficient to Induce Efficient Energy Investments," Chapter 6 of Energy and American Society: Thirteen Myths,(Springer, 2007).
"Energy," The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, David Henderson, ed. (Liberty Fund, 2007).
Chemicals, Cancer, and Choices: Risk Reduction through Markets (1999)
Cato Studies
"Don't Increase Federal Gasoline Taxes—Abolish Them," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Policy Analysis no. 598, August 7, 2007.
"Economic Amnesia: The Case against Oil Price Controls and Windfall Profit Taxes," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Policy Analysis no. 561, January 12, 2006.
"The Case against the Strategic Petroleum Reserve," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Policy Analysis no. 555, November 21, 2005.
"Rethinking Electricity Restructuring," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Policy Analysis no. 530, November 30, 2004.
"Did Enron Pillage California?," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Briefing Paper no. 72, August 22, 2002.
Articles and Newsletters
"The Energy Security Obsession," The Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy, Summer 2008, Vol. 6, No. 2.
"Regulation and Public Interests Book Review," Cato Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Winter 2008.
"The Energy Security Obsession," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Limes: The Italian Journal of Geopolitics, November 23, 2007. (PDF, 76kb., 14 pp)
"The Ethanol Boondoggle," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, The Milken Institute Review, First Quarter, 2007. (PDF, 894kb., 16 pp)
"Energy & Security Book Review," Energy Journal, 27 (Issue 2 2006): 182-187.
Opinion and Commentary
"Obama's the Candid Candidate on Energy," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Forbes, November 3, 2008
"The Case against Government Support for Alternative Energy," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Google Knol, October 24, 2008
"Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns: What's the Difference?," Cato.org, September 25, 2008
"Stop That Energy Bill!," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), September 9, 2008
"Random Oil," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Forbes, September 4, 2008
Events
"Health Care University," December 10, 2007 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Health Care University," May 30, 2006 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"The Market for Health Care and Health Insurance: Can the Government Improve It?," June 2, 2005 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
Multimedia
"An Option for Containing Contagion" featuring Peter Van Doren, October 2, 2008 [Flash Audio, 12:57]
Peter Van Doren discusses government bailouts on WTTG FOX 5 September 29, 2008 [Flash Video, 01:46]
Peter Van Doren discusses oil and energy on Radio America's The Greg Knapp Experience
September 9, 2008 [Flash Audio, 13:25]
"How Fannie and Freddie Got Big" featuring Peter Van Doren, July 14, 2008 [Flash Audio, 09:20]
"Food Safety Fantasy" featuring Peter Van Doren, March 28, 2008 [Flash Audio, 10:35]