Benjamin Zycher

Benjamin Zycher is an independent economist in Washington, D.C. and president of Benjamin Zycher Economics Associates, Inc. He is also a member of the advisory board of the quarterly journal Regulation. Formerly, he was a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a senior economist at the RAND Corporation, a member of the board of directors of the Western Economic Association International, an adjunct professor of economics at the University of California, Los Angeles, an adjunct professor of economics and business in the Martin V. Smith School of Business and Economics, California State University Channel Islands, and a senior staff economist at the President’s Council of Economic Advisers for the first two years of the Reagan Administration. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Master of Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley.

Recent Research by Benjamin Zycher

— Sep 22, 2015
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LNG Exports from British Columbia: The Cost of Regulatory Delay

LNG Exports from British Columbia: The Cost of Regulatory Delay finds that unless BC’s regulatory process for liquefied natural gas industry is streamlined, the province risks losing out on over $20 billion a year on export revenues.

— Sep 3, 2013
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This study examines the effects of worker choice laws in the US—commonly referred to as “right to work” (RTW) policies—and applies the findings to British Columbia and to Ontario. RTW laws have been enacted by 24 US states; these laws prohibit collective bargaining agreements between employers and unions from forcing workers represented by a union to pay dues for its representation.