Research Report
The Regulatory Burden in North Carolina: What Are the Costs?
posted November 5, 2015 by Paul Bachman, Michael Head, Frank Conte
This report is an attempt to identify the scope and cost of regulations in the state of North Carolina. The state’s record is mixed in terms of regulatory burden. One prominent index ranks North Carolina fifth in the nation when it comes to business friendliness. In contrast, the John Locke Foundation’s “First in Freedom Index” ranks North Carolina 36th in “regulatory freedom.”