Literature Bulletin 2018: articles about regulatory governance and better regulation

The Annual Bulletin assembles reference to papers that have been released throughout 2018. It has been compiled from a number of major journals in the field of political science, public policy and public administration. We have aimed at a balanced and assorted selection of articles focusing on key topics in the field of regulatory governance and better regulation.

Reputation and Regulatory Governance

• James, S. and D. Christopoulos. 2018. Reputational leadership and preference similarity: Explaining organisational collaboration in bank policy networks, European Journal of Political Research 57(2): 518-538.
• Lee, D. and G. van Ryzin. 2018. Bureaucratic reputation in the eyes of citizens: an analysis of US federal agencies, International Review of Administrative Sciences, Advance online publication.
• Moschella, M. and L. Pinto. 2018. Central banks’ reputation management and communication: Policy reversals and the Federal Reserve talk, Public Administration, Advance online publication.
• Quaglia, L. and A. Spendzharova. 2018. Regulators and the quest for coherence in finance: The case of loss absorbing capacity for banks, Public Administration, Advance online publication.
• Rimkute, D. 2018. Organizational reputation and risk regulation: The effect of reputational threats on agency scientific outputs, Public Administration, 96: 70-83.
• Tomic, S. 2018. Legal independence vs. leaders’ reputation: Exploring drivers of ethics commissions’ conduct in new democracies, Public Administration, 96: 544-560.

Consultation and Stakeholders’ Influence

• Ackland, R. and D. Halpin. 2018. Change or stability in the structure of interest group networks? Evidence from Scottish Public Policy Consultations, Journal of Public Policy, Advance online publication.
• Baldwin, E. 2018. Exploring How Institutional Arrangements Shape Stakeholder Influence on Policy Decisions: A Comparative Analysis in the Energy Sector, Public Administration Review, Advance online publication.
• Cafaggi, F. and G. Sillari. 2018. Behavioural Insights in Consultation Design: A Dialogical Architecture, European Journal of Risk Regulation, Advance online publication.
• Chalmers, A. W. 2018. Unity and conflict: Explaining financial industry lobbying success in European Union public consultations, Regulation & Governance, Advance online publication.
• Colli, F. and J. Adriaensen. 2018. Lobbying the state or the market? A framework to study civil society organizations’ strategic behavior, Regulation & Governance, Advance online publication.
• Costa, M., B.A. Desmarais and J.A. Hird. 2019. Public Comments’ Influence on Science Use in U.S. Rulemaking: The case of EPA’s National Emission Standards, The American Review of Public Administration, 49: 36-50.
• Fink, S. and E. Ruffing. 2018. Going beyond dyadic consultation relationships: information exchange in multi-step participation procedures, Journal of Public Policy, Advance online publication.
• Gerdes, A. 2018. An Inclusive Ethical Design Perspective for a Flourishing Future with Artificial Intelligent Systems, European Journal of Risk Regulation, Advance online publication.
• Kaya, C. 2019. Providing information and building capacity: interest group involvement in the application of EU law, West European Politics, 42: 25-44.
• Maestas, C., J. Chattopadhyay, S. Leland, and J. Piatak. 2018. Fearing Food: The Influence of Risk Perceptions on Public Preferences for Uniform and Centralized Risk Regulation, Policy Studies Journal, Advance online publication.
• Nastase, A. and C. Muurmans. 2018. Regulating lobbying activities in the European Union: A voluntary club perspective, Regulation & Governance, Advance online publication.
• Rex, J. 2018. Anatomy of agency capture: An organizational typology for diagnosing and remedying capture, Regulation & Governance, Advance online publication.
• Røed, M. and V.W. Hansen. 2018. Explaining Participation Bias in the European Commission’s Online Consultations: The Struggle for Policy Gain without too Much Pain, Journal of Common Market Studies 56: 1446-1461.
• Scott, T.A., N. Ulibarri and R.P. Scott. 2018. Stakeholder involvement in collaborative regulatory processes: Using automated coding to track attendance and actions, Regulation & Governance, Advance online publication.

Partisan Politics and Regulatory Governance

• Apaydin, F. 2018. Regulating Islamic banks in authoritarian settings: Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates in comparative perspective, Regulation & Governance, Advance online publication.
• Bolleyer, N., V. Smirnova, Di Mascio, F. and A. Natalini. 2018. Conflict of interest regulation in European parliaments: Studying the evolution of complex regulatory regimes, Regulation & Governance, Advance online publication.
• Di Mascio, F., A. Natalini and M. Maggetti. 2018. Exploring the Dynamics of Delegation Over Time: Insights from Italian Anti‐Corruption Agencies (2003–2016), Policy Studies Journal, Advance online publication.
• González C. I. and K. Verhoest. 2018. De facto regulatory decision-making processes in telecommunications regulation: explaining influence relationships with exponential random graph models, Journal of Public Policy, Advance online publication.
• Haeder, S.F. and S.W. Yackee. 2018. Presidentially Directed Policy Change: The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs as Partisan or Moderator?, Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory, 28: 475-488.
• Holmgren, M. 2018. Partisan Politics and Institutional Choice in Public Bureaucracies: Evidence from Sweden, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 28: 355-370.
• Jordana, J., X. Fernández‐i‐Marín and A. C. Bianculli. 2018. Agency proliferation and the globalization of the regulatory state: Introducing a data set on the institutional features of regulatory agencies, Regulation & Governance, 12: 524-540.
• Kempf, R.J. and J.C. Cabrera. 2019. The De Fact Independence of Federal Offices of Inspector General, The American Review of Public Administration, 49: 65-78.
• Lelieveldt, H. 2018. Out of tune or well tempered? How competition agencies direct the orchestrating state, Regulation & Governance, Advance online publication.
• Rudalevige, A. 2018. Beyond Structure and Process: The Early Institutionalization of Regulatory Review, Journal of Policy History, 30: 577-608.
• van Witteloostuijn, A., A. Boin, C. Kofman, J. Kuilman, and S. Kuipers. 2018. Explaining the survival of public organizations: Applying density dependence theory to a population of US federal agencies, Public Administration, 96: 633-650.
• Xin N. and X. Su. 2018. Institutional Anticorruption in China: Effectiveness on Bribery Incidence, Public Administration Review, Advance online publication.

Enforcement

• Blanc, F. 2018. Tools for Effective Regulation: Is “More” Always “Better”?, European Journal of Risk Regulation, 9: 465-482.
• de Benedetto, M. 2018. Effective Law from a Regulatory and Administrative Law Perspective, European Journal of Risk Regulation, 9: 391-415.
• de Boer, N. 2018. Street-level Enforcement Style: A Multidimensional Measurement Instrument, International Journal of Public Administration, Advance online publication.
• de Boer, N. and J. Eshuis. 2018. A street‐level perspective on government transparency and regulatory performance: Does relational distance matter?, Public Administration, 96: 452-467.
• de Boer, N., J. Eshuis and E.H. Klijn. 2018. Does Disclosure of Performance Information Influence Street‐level Bureaucrats’ Enforcement Style?, Public Administration Review, 78: 694-704.

Behavioral insights on public policy and regulatory governance

• Feitsma, J.N.P. 2018. The behavioural state: critical observations on technocracy and psychocracy, Policy Sciences 51: 387-410.
• Kuehnhanss C. R. 2018. The challenges of behavioural insights for effective policy design, Policy and Society, Advance online publication.

Miscellanea

• Adam, C., Y. Steinebach and C. Knill. 2018. Neglected challenges to evidence-based policy-making: the problem of policy accumulation, Policy Sciences 51: 269-290.
• Bowen, F. and P. Panagiotopoulos. 2018. Regulatory roles and functions in information-based regulation: a systematic review, International Review of Administrative Sciences, Advance online publication.
• Carrigan, C. 2018. Unpacking the Effects of Competing Mandates on Agency Performance, Public Administration Review, 78: 669-683.
• Fransen, L. and G. LeBaron. 2018. Big audit firms as regulatory intermediaries in transnational labor governance, Regulation & Governance, Advance online publication.
• Kaufmann, W., R. Hooghiemstra and M.K. Feeney. 2018. Formal institutions, informal institutions, and red tape: A comparative study, Public Administration 96: 386-403.
• Kourula, A., P. Markus, A. Peterman and M. Koria. 2018. Intermediary roles in regulatory programs: Toward a role‐based framework, Regulation & Governance, Advance online publication.
• Liu, Y. 2018. Does vertical administrative integration of environmental monitoring at the provincial level effectively motivate firms to improve environmental behaviour in China?, International Review of Administrative Sciences, Advance online publication.
• Minto, A. 2018. Enlisting Internal and External Financial Gatekeepers: Problems of Multiple Centres of Knowledge Construction, European Journal of Risk Regulation, 9: 283-309.
• Parrado, S. 2018. The culture of risk regulation: Responses to environmental disasters, Regulation & Governance, Advance online publication.
• Radaelli, C.M. 2018. Halfway Through the Better Regulation Strategy of the Juncker Commission: What Does the Evidence Say?, Journal of Common Market Studies, 56: 85-95.
• Vantaggiato, F.P. 2018. The drivers of regulatory networking: policy learning between homophily and convergence, Journal of Public Policy, Advance online publication.