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作者：Yan
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作者：Hurka, Steffen; Knill, Christoph
作者单位：University of Munich
摘要：In this contribution, we evaluate the effectiveness of firearm regulations in curbing the number of homicides and suicides committed both with and without firearms. We develop a gun control index that enables us to compare the restrictiveness of firearm regulations across time and space. We model the effects of gun control on figures of (gun) homicide and (gun) suicide gained from public health records in 16 West European countries between 1980 and 2010. We thus shift the analytical focus away...
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作者：Perez, Oren; Cohen, Reuven; Schreiber, Nir
作者单位：Bar Ilan University; Bar Ilan University
摘要：This article exposes a new form of global governance based on an emergent network of corporate social responsibility (CSR) schemes. Our study is the first to uncover the network structure of this system, based on a dataset that includes 61 transnational CSR schemes and 31,987 firms. We demonstrate that the network exhibits a significant level of cohesiveness, despite having evolved without any form of hierarchical control. Drawing on a social network analysis, we find a positive correlation am...
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作者：Tzur, Amit
作者单位：University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
摘要：Can emerging technologies transform not only markets, but also foster new regulatory change mechanisms? In the context of prevailing theories of regulatory change, this article explores the extent to which an interest-based explanation can account for the regulatory responses toward emerging Transportation Network Companies (TNCs). Based on a primary cross-city analysis of the 40 largest cities in the United States, the study found that although the existence of ex ante interest groups indeed ...
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作者：Yeomans, Henry
作者单位：University of Leeds
摘要：Discourse on alcohol policy in several countries has recently become dominated by discussions of pricing. In Britain, proposals for a minimum unit price for alcoholic drinks are frequently depicted as radical and new. However, other means of legally intervening in alcohol pricing have long been used to shape consumption habits. Key to recognizing this historical lineage is a conceptualization of taxation as partly a form of regulation. This article builds upon findings from a wider historical ...
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作者：Bres, Luc; Mena, Sebastien; Salles-Djelic, Marie-Laure
作者单位：Laval University; Universite PSL; Universite Paris-Dauphine; City St Georges, University of London
摘要：Research on regulation and regulatory processes has traditionally focused on two prominent roles: rulemaking and rule-taking. Recently, the mediating role of third party actors, regulatory intermediaries, has started to be explored - notably in a dedicated special issue of the ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. The present special issue extends this line of research by elaborating the distinction between formal and informal modes of regulatory intermediation, in th...
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作者：Becker, Manuel
作者单位：Otto Friedrich University Bamberg
摘要：In 2016, the United States (US) government relinquished its long-standing delegation contract with the Internet Corporation for Assignment of Names and Numbers (ICANN), a private organization that governs the technical infrastructure of the internet. This presents a puzzle as the US not only gave up a power resource, but also relinquished the possibility, as a public principal, to hold the private agent ICANN accountable. I argue that public principals have incentives to leave control in the h...
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作者：Fazekas, Mihaly; King, Lawrence Peter
作者单位：University of Cambridge
摘要：Given the unprecedented scale of intergovernmental development funding and the importance of institutional quality for human well-being, it is imperative to precisely understand the impact of development funds on corruption. In Europe, European Union (EU) Funds provide a boost to public spending in recipient member states while introducing additional corruption controls. We investigate whether EU Funds increase high-level corruption in the Czech Republic and Hungary in 2009-2012. We analyze ne...
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作者：Nolan Garcia, Kimberly A.; Aspinwall, Mark
作者单位：Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas A.C. (CIDE)
摘要：Governance in the developing world is fraught with problems of corruption, weak institutions, and inadequate expertise among bureaucrats. Failing to enforce laws and regulations is one way in which these problems manifest themselves. In this paper, we evaluate changes across three institutions charged with oversight or administration of labor justice in Mexico. We find that both autonomy from the executive and professionalization are necessary to improve compliance with labor law over time. Ou...
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作者：Kok, Josje; Leistikow, Ian; Bal, Roland
作者单位：Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam
摘要：Diverse scholars have argued that standards and performance measurements are instruments of control that have a profound influence on the day-to-day lives of individuals and organizations, causing constitutive effects. Regulatory bodies increasingly use standards to oversee and monitor the regulated. This paper discusses the Dutch Health and Youth Care Inspectorate's use of both standards and a performance measurement system introduced to monitor how Dutch hospitals investigate and learn from ...
