The fear is that every time there's a threat of higher interest rates, someone in Congress will ask for a study of the costs of higher interest rates".
Alongside this they will commence a study of the costs and benefits of account number portability as a way of increasing competition in banking.
In a private meeting with Gov. Christie Whitman, leaders of the coalition urged her to endorse a two-year pause in executions and to conduct a study of the costs, risks and fairness of the death penalty.
A thorough study of the costs of both approaches is still needed, of course, and traditional autopsies are unlikely to disappear completely.
The Public Utilities Commission ordered a study of the costs and effects of net metering on customers when it voted to expand the program.
A conference in Washington at the end of last week heard that Norway will lead the way in this, establishing a global coalition to work on the issue and offering to pay for the World Bank to carry out the first "forensic" study of the costs to developing countries of illicit outflows.
