Research note by Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik During the past decades, many public tasks have been outsourced from the central bureaucracy to agencies that operate at arm’s length from the government. This shift has been especially pronounced in…
The OECD Network of Economic Regulators is a forum to promote dialogue among regulators operating in different sectors. It brings together more than 70 regulators from energy, telecommunications, transport and water to share experiences and…
Behavioral Law and Economics Viscusi, W. K., T. Gayer. 2014. Behavioral public choice: the behavioral paradox of Government Policy, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, 38(3): 973-1007. Benefit-Cost Analysis Bubb, R. 2015. Comment: The…
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 by Mattia Guidi on The Impact of Independence on Regulatory Outcomes: the Case of EU Competition Policy. Original source: LSE EUROPP Blog . In the last 30 years, and most notably during the 1990s, governments…
Agencification and Administrative Reorganization Bertelli, A.M. and J.A. Sinclair. 2015. Mass Administrative Reorganization, Media Attention, and the Paradox of Information, Public Administration Review, Advance Online Publication. Bertelli, A.M, J.A. Sinclair and H. Lee. 2015. Media…
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…
On June 29th the US Supreme Court decided a landmark case, Michigan vs EPA, which could impact on cost-benefit jurisprudence. The Court has not evaluated the validity of the EPA’s cost-benefit analysis of the rule.…
A new report has been published by the OECD as part of the Value for Government series which aims to identify new developments in public sector governance that lead to better value for money. The…
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…