John T. Woolley

After Dodd-Frank: The Post-Enactment Politics of Financial Reform in the United States

March 1, 2014 • Working Papers • By J. Nicholas Ziegler and John T. Woolley

Abstract The financial crisis of 2008 raised the politics of regulation to a new level of practical and scholarly attention. We find that recent reforms in U.S. financial markets hinge…

The Two-Tiered Politics of Financial Reform in the United States

October 1, 2011 • Working Papers • By J. Nicholas Ziegler and John T. Woolley

Abstract The literature on regulation has typically emphasized the ability of concentrated interest groups to secure the rules they prefer. One view argues that concentrated interests are consistently able to…