Rules as policy data? Measuring and linking policy substance and legislative context

Regulation & Governance, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 18(3), P. 724 - 739

Published: May 10, 2023

Abstract There is growing scholarly interest in analyzing changes policies, laws, and regulations. Some concepts depart from the goal of identifying policy substance. Other contributions have concentrated on structural characteristics laws regulations containing these substantive changes. Extracting measures substance legislative texts a challenging time‐consuming endeavor as it requires manual assessment coding legal acts. The regulations, by contrast, can be done applying automated natural language processing. An important critical question is, thus, whether we combine approaches simplify information extraction inferring context which are embedded. Examining more than 100 acts area EU environmental climate policy, find that capturing not systematically linked. In other words: features cannot used an approximation for We conclude sketching out research agenda when (and not) to use different related measurements.

Language: Английский

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Testing theories of policy growth: public demands, interest group politics, electoral competition, and institutional fragmentation

Journal of European Public Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 32(3), P. 784 - 809

Published: Feb. 27, 2024

Policy growth is a ubiquitous feature of modern democracies that has attracted increased attention in political science and beyond. However, the literature characterised by considerable disagreement on why policy occurs. Existing explanations centre influence (1) public demands, (2) interest group politics, (3) electoral competition, (4) institutional fragmentation. While all four are plausible, there no studies assess their relative explanatory power within single empirical analysis. This article provides such an analysis examining drivers 21 OECD countries from 1976 to 2020 area environmental policy. We identify strong ties between organised interests government as primary driver growth. Public demands fragmentation relevant but comparatively less important factors, while intensity competition These findings have implications for our understanding functioning democracy long run.

Language: Английский

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Mapping bureaucratic overload: Dynamics and drivers in media coverage across three European countries

Regulation & Governance, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: June 9, 2024

Abstract Bureaucratic overburdening has emerged as an important theme in public policy and administration research. The concept signifies a state where administrators are overwhelmed with more tasks responsibilities than they can effectively handle. Researchers attribute this phenomenon to several key factors, such increasing assault on the sector, growing volume of policies enforce, “external” shocks. These studies converge perception that sector's capacity implement address societal problems is progressively diminishing. However, there clear knowledge gap regarding breadth, dynamics, pervasiveness issue, existing research often narrows its focus implementation specific or sectors. This paper addresses by mapping frequency bureaucratic overload reports newspaper articles from Italy, Ireland, Germany, spanning two decades 2003 2022. In second step, we describe drivers coded random sample articles. Our reveals indeed escalating problem resulting “explosive” cocktail external internal challenges simultaneously affect authorities.

Language: Английский

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Complexity meets flexibility: unintended differentiation in EU public procurement

Journal of European Public Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 27

Published: Nov. 14, 2024

The expansion of European Union (EU) regulations often hampers effective policy implementation in the member states. However, little is known about how these diverse states navigate and apply complex rules practice, with what consequences. This study addresses this gap by examining 2014 EU public procurement directives impacted practices across Union. Using a difference-in-difference design, we find that EU's goals harmonisation competition were undermined practice. First, observe rise single-bid contracts countries compared to non-EU countries, undermining competition. Second, demonstrate growing divergence implementation, where varying administrative capacities corruption risks display different rates single bids. Third, show while few Eastern poor records embraced flexibility award based on most economically advantageous tender, Nordic largely avoided flexibility. raises concerns new have brought risks. These findings important implications, underscoring unintended consequences expanding flexible regulations, revealing efforts harmonise internal market can backfire, leading increased differentiated

Language: Английский

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Digital Speculation and Opposition to Market Regulation:Evidence from Finnish Panel Data

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

This study delves into the intersection of cryptocurrency ownership and attitudes toward market regulation. In an era heightened financial risk-taking facilitated by technological innovations, cryptocurrencies offer a unique blend risk potential reward. But despite their growing influence, political ramifications such behaviors remain largely unexplored. As global governments navigate complexities regulation, this questions if speculation in aligns with free-market ideologies resistance to Utilizing panel data from Finland analysis reveals robust correlation between effect is significant when I include individual year fixed effects as well model where lagged dependent variable.

Language: Английский

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Policy growth and maintenance in comparative perspective

Regulation & Governance, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: July 5, 2024

Abstract Policy growth comes with multiple challenges for policy implementation. Congested portfolios increase the likelihood of interactions and contradictions between different objectives instruments. Moreover, can lead to difficulties during implementation when many public private organizations must cooperate manage increasing complexity overlapping responsibilities. Consequently, should ideally be accompanied by maintenance activities, namely institutional reforms aimed at (1) preventing contradictions, or (2) improving administrative coordination. We test this relationship through a comparative analysis that examines level activities in 13 OECD countries environmental unemployment over 35 years. find are not systematically linked but occur independently, even controlling influence moderating factors such as government effectiveness presence veto players. modern governments seem struggle managing downsides growth.

Language: Английский

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More Liberty, More Rules? Abortion Policy and the Liberalization-Rule Nexus

Comparative Political Studies, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Dec. 17, 2024

While conventional wisdom often equates liberalization with deregulation, theoretical arguments from different scientific backgrounds suggest that states tend to increase their rule stock when they adopt more liberal policies. This article studies the case of abortion policy better understand liberalization-rule nexus. By examining data 25 countries over 50years, we empirically assess dynamics between events and corresponding regulatory changes. Our findings reveal while majority does indeed introduce rules upon liberalizing abortion, extent these changes varies considerably. The analysis suggests growth depends on conflicts characterize processes in particular time periods. Right-leaning governments, religious groups institutional veto players are shown have a positive influence growth. On contrary, higher levels reduce necessity for additional rules. illuminating contested empirical relationship, helps implications modern democracies.

Language: Английский

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Industrial policy and the State of development: to actualization of the notion

Russian Journal of Economics and Law, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 18(4), P. 849 - 862

Published: Dec. 15, 2024

Objective: to analyze the trajectories of industrial policy effective implementation by determining relevance key elements “development state” model in modern international realities. Methods: monographic, historical, abstract-logical, comparative methods. Results: characteristics states” concept described on example some Asian countries allowed their governments carry out modernization national economies a short time and switch sustainable economic development trajectory. For many years, has been perceived researchers as part history. This was determined consensus existing boundaries state intervention economy. In recent interest growing. The measures withinthe gives rise new challenges public administration, probably similar those that states have gone through. author shows available formulations qualitative inherent both certain period are significant for theory administration context measures. Scientific novelty: it consists understanding context. Practical significance: research provisions conclusions can be used future studies influence socio-political discourses political decisions.

Language: Английский

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Experiment in Government Policies

Published: Dec. 28, 2024

Language: Английский

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Autocracies and policy accumulation: the case of Singapore

Journal of Public Policy, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 43(4), P. 637 - 658

Published: July 4, 2023

Abstract The tendency of vote-seeking politicians to produce ever-more policies in response the citizens’ demands has been identified as a central driver process “policy accumulation.” If we accept this premise, policy accumulation should be feature modern democracies but overall less pronounced autocracies. Due its highly ambivalent nature, and implications may thus constitute an important so far neglected facets new system competition between In article, test argument context authoritarian regime Singapore. Singapore is one very few autocracies that display elements political level socio-economic development comparable advanced democracies. constitutes least-likely case for low levels accumulation. By studying changes Singapore’s environmental over period more than four decades (1976 2020) by contrasting patterns observed with developments 21 OECD democracies, find autocratic regimes do indeed tend accumulate democratic regimes. More precisely, (1) only produced about one-fourth measures “average” democracy (2) constantly country lowest our sample. These findings hold even when controlling alternative explanations, such effectiveness administration government’s ability opt stricter hierarchical forms intervention.

Language: Английский

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