Regulation

Chevalier, J., Harrington, D. & Scott Morton, F. 2011

‘Regulating direct cremations: the cost of seemingly small regulatory changes’, Yale University and NBER.

Harrington, D. & Krynski, K. 2002

‘The effect of state funeral regulations on cremation rates: testing for demand inducement in funeral markets’, Journal of Law and Economics, 45:1, 199-224.

Harrington, D. & Treber, D. 2013

‘Cemeteries and mortuaries: better together or apart?’, Regulation, 35:4, 40-47 .

Sadigov, T. 2021

Death beyond the means: funeral overspending and its government regulation around the world’, Rationality and Society, 33:3, 363-398.

Events

The Cemetery Research Group runs two events a year: in May and in November. Follow the links and send in an abstract