by Maria Bianca Armiento This paper deals with core aspects of regulatory impact assessments like proportionality and threshold tests. From the analysis, it emerges how OECD and EU countries have implemented such “tools” for several…
by Enrico Bilardo This paper developed by the OECD’s Regulatory Policy Division analyses the role of the international regulatory co-operation (IRC) to deal with the COVID-19 crisis. The brief highlights how countries can together manage…
Knight B. and Mitchell T. (2021), The Sandbox Paradox: Balancing the Need to Facilitate Innovation with the Risk of Regulatory Privilege, South Carolina Law Review, 72(2): 445-475. Review by Gabriel Rizza Ferraz Introduction The paper by Brian…
by Maria Bianca Armiento The European Liberal Forum published the study Next Level Participation: Citizen- Driven E- Democracy Tools in February 2021, dealing with the topic of digitalization in democracy and citizen engagement with politics. …
by Maria Bianca Armiento After his election, President Joe Biden has adopted several measures impacting the concept of regulation. In particular, he signed the very famous Modernizing Regulatory Review Memorandum in which he “directs” the…
Mathieu E. (2020), Functional stakes and EU regulatory governance: temporal patterns of regulatory integration in energy and telecommunications, West European Politics, 43(4): 991-1010. Research Note by Emmanuelle Mathieu, Université de Lausanne The last few decades have seen a boom in…
by Enrico Bilardo The OECD’s Regulatory Policy Division, as part of a broader effort to help countries in facing the COVID-19 crisis, has developed a paper about removing administrative barriers and improving regulatory delivery. The…
by Maria Bianca Armiento The document Review into bias in algorithmic decision-making (by the UK Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation) discusses the possible impact that bias could have on decision-making processes especially when it…
by Maria Bianca Armiento This OECD paper examines the role of predictions and foresight techniques employed by governments and discusses the so-called “anticipatory” innovations in the public sector. The report is structured into 4 chapters.…
by Maria Bianca Armiento This recent book by M.A. Livermore and R.L. Revesz discusses how Trump administration deeply influenced environment and health agencies and their independence through political appointees and pressures from interest groups. The…