Statement

Date

2015

Citation

Paul G. Mahoney, Statement, The Dodd-Frank Act and Regulatory Overreach US Government Print Office 5–7, 30 (2015).

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Paul G. Mahoney

John W. Glynn Jr. Law & Business Program

Center for Public Law and Political Economy

Center for Empirical Studies in Law

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