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作者：Coroado, Susana
作者单位：Universidade de Lisboa
摘要：The rise of the regulatory state has led to the global diffusion of independent regulatory agencies (IRAs). IRAs are the result of the tension between the functional demands of regulatory capitalism and the need of politicians to control policies. Their life cycles have not been linear. Their legal statuses have changed over time, affecting their degrees of independence. This article revisits Gilardi's formal independence index, makes an in-depth diachronic and cross-sectorial analysis of 11 r...
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作者：Mizrahi-Borohovich, Inbar; Levi-Faur, David
作者单位：Hebrew University of Jerusalem
摘要：Credit markets are expanding, and with them also the automated, large-scale commercialization of personal credit data. The increasing use of data and scores for commodified decision making lends greater urgency to the study of credit data regulatory regimes. This article promotes a comparative regulatory governance perspective as the basis for theory-driven, multidimensional measurement. In order to measure consumer protection, we distinguish three different subregimes (collection, profiling, ...
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作者：Li, L.; Pang, B.; Wu, Y.
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作者：Rothstein, Henry; Paul, Regine; Demeritt, David
作者单位：University of London; King's College London; Universitat Kassel
摘要：Studies of the relationship between the welfare and regulatory state have hitherto either focused on the latter displacing the former, or presented regulation as an alternative means for achieving welfare goals. Little is known, however, about their varied mutual interactions. This article addresses that gap by examining the coevolution of workers' compensation and occupational safety regulation in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands. Drawing on an extensive international ...
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作者：Diamond, Patrick
作者单位：University of London; Queen Mary University London
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作者：Albalate, Daniel; Bel, Germa
作者单位：University of Barcelona
摘要：Several countries have experienced lengthy periods of government formation deadlock in recent years, as they have sought to form a new government. This study examines whether government formation deadlocks damage a country's economy. To do so, we analyze the case of Belgium, which took a record 541 days to create a post-election government, following the June 2010 federal elections. Employing the synthetic control method, our results show that the Belgium economy did not suffer an economic tol...
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作者：Vantaggiato, Francesca Pia
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Davis; University of East Anglia
摘要：The European Union and the United States are paradigmatic examples of multilevel governance systems that are also regulatory states. In both settings, informal networks of regulators preceded and existed alongside supranational (federal) regulatory agencies. The literature understood their rationale as preparatory to the creation of higher level agencies. This approach, however, cannot explain why informal regulatory networks still exist, years after the establishment of higher level agencies....
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作者：Wassum, Moritz; De Francesco, Fabrizio
作者单位：University of Strathclyde
摘要：This article explains variation in the autonomy in the range of activities that European regulators perform. By focusing on 102 regulators of four network sectors (electricity, gas, telecom, and railways), we test for functional and institutional explanations. The findings indicate that the inclusion of institutional factors matters for our understanding of recent changes in the governance of European network sectors. Reforms toward the independent agency form of governance and the range of co...
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作者：Guidi, Mattia; Guardiancich, Igor; Levi-Faur, David
作者单位：University of Siena; Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna; Hebrew University of Jerusalem
摘要：This article introduces the special issue by presenting a framework for the study of regulatory politics using the analytical tools and approaches of comparative political economy. Having traced the evolution of studies on regulation, it argues that scholars should pay more attention to the systemic features affecting regulation and to the relationship between regulatory policies and their outcomes. The article presents the foundations of an analytical framework based on the regulatory policy ...
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作者：Bulfone, Fabio
作者单位：Max Planck Society
摘要：Relying on insights from the comparative capitalism debate, this article compares the industrial policy strategies implemented by the Italian and Spanish governments to favor the internationalization of domestic electricity and telecommunications incumbents. It is shown how the cross-sectoral and cross-country variation in the outcome of their industrial policy efforts-that is, successful or unsuccessful internationalization-is explained by the reciprocal power relationship between governments...
