Research note by Arild Wæraas When the term “reputation” is used about public sector organizations, the most likely connotation that comes to mind is probably “bad”. Government organizations have been associated with negatively charged words such…
Research note by Alex Acs on Which Statute to Implement? Strategic Timing by Regulatory Agencies. Original source: RegBlog A few weeks ago, the Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project at the University of Virginia released a…
Research note authored by Marcos Fernández-Gutiérrez. Department of Economics, Universidad de Cantabria (Spain) This research note explains the content and main findings of the paper “Public Infrastructure Services in the European Union: Challenges for…
Research note on: Peter L. Strauss, The Place of Agencies in Government: Separation of Powers and the Fourth Branch, 84 Colum.L.Rev. 573 (1984). Peter L. Strauss, On The Difficulties Of Generalization – PCAOB in The…
Research note by Simon F. Haeder When Americans think about lobbying, they usually think about legislative lobbying. Take, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), for instance. According the Center for Responsive Politics, the ACA was one of…
Research note by Lars Tummers Red tape is one of the most often-mentioned nuisances of citizens about government. However, there is a dearth in red tape research focusing on citizens. Therefore, our first goal was…
Research note by Andrea C. Bianculli, Xavier Fernández-i-Marín and Jacint Jordana During the last decades, a general trend towards expanding regulations as instruments for governance ran in parallel with the establishment of independent agencies responsible…
Research note by John Turnpenny Policy-makers and analysts are accustomed to using tools and instruments to help design policy. But while there are many ‘how to’ guides to using such tools, far less work has…
Research note by Beryl A. Radin The article “Science and Policy Analysis in the U.S. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)” focuses on one expression of the relationship between science and policy analysis: the Office of…
Eva Ruffing (2014) How to Become an Independent Agency: The Creation of the German Federal Network Agency, German Politics, 23:1-2, 43-58. Research note by Eva Ruffing Independent regulatory agencies seem to be almost ubiquitous nowadays…