The Incomparable Jerry Ellig

The Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis published my article “The Incomparable Jerry Ellig,”— a tribute to a brilliant economist, mentor, and friend who brought clarity, integrity, and a deep sense of purpose to the world of regulatory policy and benefit-cost analysis.

Abstract

Jerry Ellig was a unique character and a great economist. He believed in one thing, using economic analysis to help solve problems. He became an expert at Regulatory Impact Analyses and how they helped governments to choose the best option to do just that, all the while recognizing the problems that government has with necessarily much less information than markets. He believed in holding governments to account for achieving results including periodic lookbacks to see what they were doing. What was great about Jerry is that he had fun doing all of this both on the job and at his beloved Tiki bars.

Read the full article here.