Ixchel Pérez‐durán
Biographic Data
| ID | 1361177 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ixchel Pérez‐durán |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ixchel |
| FAMILY NAME | Pérez‐durán |
| SIGNATURE | DURÁN I P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3665-3380 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 100 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Trust in nursing home services within weak regulatory regimes: The role of information, control and participation
What conditions contribute to building trust in services with high levels of opacity, information asymmetries, and vulnerable users? This study examines trust in nursing home service providers through a survey conducted in December 2022, targeting direct relatives of nursing home residents in Spain (n = 1,009). The study shows that the provision of substantive information, vertical control by public authorities, and active involvement of the resi…
Managing the Covid ‐19 Crisis: Assessing the Responses of Politicians and Service Providers in Long‐Term Care
COVID‐19 was a mega‐crisis that disproportionately affected vulnerable groups, with nursing home residents accounting for 30%–60% of COVID‐19‐related deaths in Europe during the Spring 2020. Despite these shortcomings, little is known about how individuals evaluate crisis management by governments compared to performance by service providers. To address these gaps, we surveyed family members of nursing home residents ( n = 2060) in Spain through …
Trust Me, I'm an Expert: Evaluating the Relation Between Expertise and Trust in Regulators
Trust is central to research on regulatory governance, underpinning both the legitimacy and effectiveness of regulatory bodies. Yet, while its importance is often assumed, less is known about its organizational drivers. Departing from the idea that regulatory agencies are expert‐based organizations within their fields, we argue that trust depends on the composition of regulators' staff, through the mechanisms of competence and goodwill. Using sur…
Regulating Care: How Transparency, Ownership, Control, and Sanctions Shape Trust and Preferences
Of the various attributes and regulatory tools related to nursing home service provision—such as ownership, transparency, oversight, and sanctions—which are seen as preferable and are most trusted? To address this question, we conducted a conjoint survey experiment on nursing home services with 1009 direct relatives of nursing home residents in Spain. Participants evaluated hypothetical nursing home profiles that varied across core service charac…
Being friends or being favored? The drivers of stakeholder trust in regulatory agencies
Stakeholders play a key role in regulatory governance, yet their cooperation with regulators depends on mutual trust. This paper examines what drives stakeholders’ trust in regulators by contrasting two perspectives. The relationship-based trust perspective emphasizes that trust develops through transparent procedures, inclusive participation, and frequent interaction. The benefit-based trust perspective holds that trust arises when regulatory ou…
Watching care behind closed doors: Upward and Downward Accountability Mechanisms in Nursing Home Services
Nursing homes (NHs) play a critical role in caring for vulnerable people, yet their operations often remain hidden from public scrutiny, potentially causing a negative impact on service quality. We investigate upward and downward accountability mechanisms in NH services, examining how relatives of NH residents assess these mechanisms and what influences their assessments. We conducted an original survey in Spain (n = 1009), targeting direct relat…
Mapping the Perceived Importance of Actors in Social Policy Accountability Across Welfare State Regimes: An Assessment Made by Academic Experts
This article examines the role of a range of actors in social policy accountability across different welfare regimes, with a focus on Austria, Denmark, Switzerland, and Spain. Using a survey conducted with academic experts in these four countries, we examine the perceived importance attributed to political institutions, public bodies, and stakeholders. These include governments, political parties, parliaments, autonomous bodies, market‐oriented a…
Does the Background of the Regulator Matter? The Role of Expertise and Diversity on the Perceived Competence of Regulatory Bodies
This paper examines expertise and professional diversity within new (agencies and central banks) and traditional (ministries) regulatory bodies (RBs) and assesses their effect on the perceived competence of RBs. In particular, we address the following research questions: To what extent do members of RBs have expertise and display diversity in terms of their professional trajectories? How do expertise and professional diversity affect the perceive…
Twenty-five years of accountability research in public administration: Authorship, themes, methods, and future trends
There is extensive literature on accountability, yet systematic research on the state of the art in the field of public administration is lacking. This research is essential to understand the aspects of accountability that have been studied and identify the primary findings and areas that require further investigation. This study seeks to address this gap by conducting a systematic literature review of 277 articles on accountability published in …
Legislative Transparency in the European Parliament: Disclosing Legislators' Meetings with Interest Groups
Research on transparency in the EU and at the European Parliament, in particular, has extensively examined the adoption and implementation of transparency initiatives as well as the conditions under which interest groups have access to and influence on EU policy‐making. However, the question of whether Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are transparent regarding their interactions with interest group representatives has been overlooked by …
Regulation and Quality Assurance Agencies of Higher Education in Mexico
This article examines the quality assurance (QA) regime of higher education (HE) in Mexico. In particular, we examine how the regulatory framework of HE quality has evolved in the past three decades and the different regulatory configurations and policy instruments used by QA agencies. We argue that the Mexican case is illustrative of a (weak) hybrid regulatory model that combines the policy instruments of both a state-centred model and a market-…
Drivers of integration? EU agency board members on transboundary crises
The information phase of accountability: The role of management boards in European Union agencies
The creation of European Union agencies has prompted normative and theoretical discussions about their accountability and democratic legitimacy. This study examines the extent to which different features concerning the institutional design of agencies incentivize information provision on their performance. To do so, it measures four aspects for which their governing bodies are expected to provide information: governance decisions, policy performa…
Representative bureaucracy in European Union agencies
This article provides, through the lens of the theory of representative bureaucracy, a detailed and systematic assessment of diversity regarding gender, nationality, educational qualifications and professional background among the individuals serving in the management boards and scientific committees of European Union agencies (EAs). Drawing on a novel dataset of 508 members, our findings show that these decision-making bodies are generally compo…
Political and stakeholder’s ties in European Union agencies
Supplemental material files: Data details, Acronyms and full names of European Union Agencies, Weighted models
Interest group representation in the formal design of European Union agencies
This article examines the decision to include interest group representation (IGR) in the most important decisionmaking bodies of European Union agencies (EAs). The study shows that there is considerable variation among agencies: some agencies have no IGR, others have formal rules that establish a clear distribution of the number of representatives among stakeholders, while other agencies are ambiguous with regard to the number of representatives …
Explaining accountability for public policies: An fsQCA analysis of health policy in Spain
Which conditions foster accountability for health policy implementation in Spain’s 17 regional governments? We analyze five conditions: private management of health services, political salience of health policies, governments’ left ideological position, strong presence of non-statewide parties, and minority governments. We use fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) to identify how necessary and/or sufficient these conditions are (alon…
Assessing formal accountability for public policies: The case of health policy in Spain
The aim of this study is to present a framework for analyzing and assessing accountability for public policies. First, I suggest two dimensions for analyzing accountability for policies (the informative/justifying dimension, and the evaluative/sanctioning dimension), applied to the implementation phase of the policy and, in particular, to three central elements that make up this phase (the actors responsible, the resources, and the policy results…
The European Parliament oversight of EU agencies through written questions
The reinforcement of the legislative and oversight powers of the European Parliament by virtue of successive treaty reforms over the last two decades has been in parallel with an expanding process of agency creation at the European Union (EU) level. While these two institutional developments entail major transformations of legislative-executive relations in the EU, the European Parliament oversight of EU agencies remains an underexplored topic of…
Accountability from the perspective of the forum: Citizens’ attitudes towards accountability in Europe
The aim of this article is to analyse citizens’ attitudes towards governmental accountability in 24 European countries and to examine the influence of contextual and individual factors on perceptions of accountability. Using as a dataset the 2012 European Social Survey, the results show that citizens respond positively when the media provides reliable information on which to judge the government, when individuals perceive that governments perform…
The European Parliament oversight of EU agencies through written questions
The reinforcement of the legislative and oversight powers of the European Parliament by virtue of successive treaty reforms over the last two decades has been in parallel with an expanding process of agency creation at the European Union (EU) level. While these two institutional developments entail major transformations of legislative-executive relations in the EU, the European Parliament oversight of EU agencies remains an underexplored topic of…
Political and stakeholder’s ties in European Union agencies
Supplemental material files: Data details, Acronyms and full names of European Union Agencies, Weighted models
Interest group representation in the formal design of European Union agencies
This article examines the decision to include interest group representation (IGR) in the most important decisionmaking bodies of European Union agencies (EAs). The study shows that there is considerable variation among agencies: some agencies have no IGR, others have formal rules that establish a clear distribution of the number of representatives among stakeholders, while other agencies are ambiguous with regard to the number of representatives …
Twenty-five years of accountability research in public administration: Authorship, themes, methods, and future trends
There is extensive literature on accountability, yet systematic research on the state of the art in the field of public administration is lacking. This research is essential to understand the aspects of accountability that have been studied and identify the primary findings and areas that require further investigation. This study seeks to address this gap by conducting a systematic literature review of 277 articles on accountability published in …
Representative bureaucracy in European Union agencies
This article provides, through the lens of the theory of representative bureaucracy, a detailed and systematic assessment of diversity regarding gender, nationality, educational qualifications and professional background among the individuals serving in the management boards and scientific committees of European Union agencies (EAs). Drawing on a novel dataset of 508 members, our findings show that these decision-making bodies are generally compo…
Assessing formal accountability for public policies: The case of health policy in Spain
The aim of this study is to present a framework for analyzing and assessing accountability for public policies. First, I suggest two dimensions for analyzing accountability for policies (the informative/justifying dimension, and the evaluative/sanctioning dimension), applied to the implementation phase of the policy and, in particular, to three central elements that make up this phase (the actors responsible, the resources, and the policy results…
Legislative Transparency in the European Parliament: Disclosing Legislators' Meetings with Interest Groups
Research on transparency in the EU and at the European Parliament, in particular, has extensively examined the adoption and implementation of transparency initiatives as well as the conditions under which interest groups have access to and influence on EU policy‐making. However, the question of whether Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are transparent regarding their interactions with interest group representatives has been overlooked by …
The information phase of accountability: The role of management boards in European Union agencies
The creation of European Union agencies has prompted normative and theoretical discussions about their accountability and democratic legitimacy. This study examines the extent to which different features concerning the institutional design of agencies incentivize information provision on their performance. To do so, it measures four aspects for which their governing bodies are expected to provide information: governance decisions, policy performa…
Drivers of integration? EU agency board members on transboundary crises
Accountability from the perspective of the forum: Citizens’ attitudes towards accountability in Europe
The aim of this article is to analyse citizens’ attitudes towards governmental accountability in 24 European countries and to examine the influence of contextual and individual factors on perceptions of accountability. Using as a dataset the 2012 European Social Survey, the results show that citizens respond positively when the media provides reliable information on which to judge the government, when individuals perceive that governments perform…
Does the Background of the Regulator Matter? The Role of Expertise and Diversity on the Perceived Competence of Regulatory Bodies
This paper examines expertise and professional diversity within new (agencies and central banks) and traditional (ministries) regulatory bodies (RBs) and assesses their effect on the perceived competence of RBs. In particular, we address the following research questions: To what extent do members of RBs have expertise and display diversity in terms of their professional trajectories? How do expertise and professional diversity affect the perceive…
Explaining accountability for public policies: An fsQCA analysis of health policy in Spain
Which conditions foster accountability for health policy implementation in Spain’s 17 regional governments? We analyze five conditions: private management of health services, political salience of health policies, governments’ left ideological position, strong presence of non-statewide parties, and minority governments. We use fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) to identify how necessary and/or sufficient these conditions are (alon…
Accountability from the perspective of the forum: Citizens’ attitudes towards accountability in Europe
The aim of this article is to analyse citizens’ attitudes towards governmental accountability in 24 European countries and to examine the influence of contextual and individual factors on perceptions of accountability. Using as a dataset the 2012 European Social Survey, the results show that citizens respond positively when the media provides reliable information on which to judge the government, when individuals perceive that governments perform…
Assessing formal accountability for public policies: The case of health policy in Spain
The aim of this study is to present a framework for analyzing and assessing accountability for public policies. First, I suggest two dimensions for analyzing accountability for policies (the informative/justifying dimension, and the evaluative/sanctioning dimension), applied to the implementation phase of the policy and, in particular, to three central elements that make up this phase (the actors responsible, the resources, and the policy results…
The European Parliament oversight of EU agencies through written questions
The reinforcement of the legislative and oversight powers of the European Parliament by virtue of successive treaty reforms over the last two decades has been in parallel with an expanding process of agency creation at the European Union (EU) level. While these two institutional developments entail major transformations of legislative-executive relations in the EU, the European Parliament oversight of EU agencies remains an underexplored topic of…
Interest group representation in the formal design of European Union agencies
This article examines the decision to include interest group representation (IGR) in the most important decisionmaking bodies of European Union agencies (EAs). The study shows that there is considerable variation among agencies: some agencies have no IGR, others have formal rules that establish a clear distribution of the number of representatives among stakeholders, while other agencies are ambiguous with regard to the number of representatives …
Explaining accountability for public policies: An fsQCA analysis of health policy in Spain
Which conditions foster accountability for health policy implementation in Spain’s 17 regional governments? We analyze five conditions: private management of health services, political salience of health policies, governments’ left ideological position, strong presence of non-statewide parties, and minority governments. We use fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) to identify how necessary and/or sufficient these conditions are (alon…
Representative bureaucracy in European Union agencies
This article provides, through the lens of the theory of representative bureaucracy, a detailed and systematic assessment of diversity regarding gender, nationality, educational qualifications and professional background among the individuals serving in the management boards and scientific committees of European Union agencies (EAs). Drawing on a novel dataset of 508 members, our findings show that these decision-making bodies are generally compo…
Political and stakeholder’s ties in European Union agencies
Supplemental material files: Data details, Acronyms and full names of European Union Agencies, Weighted models
Drivers of integration? EU agency board members on transboundary crises
The information phase of accountability: The role of management boards in European Union agencies
The creation of European Union agencies has prompted normative and theoretical discussions about their accountability and democratic legitimacy. This study examines the extent to which different features concerning the institutional design of agencies incentivize information provision on their performance. To do so, it measures four aspects for which their governing bodies are expected to provide information: governance decisions, policy performa…
Regulation and Quality Assurance Agencies of Higher Education in Mexico
This article examines the quality assurance (QA) regime of higher education (HE) in Mexico. In particular, we examine how the regulatory framework of HE quality has evolved in the past three decades and the different regulatory configurations and policy instruments used by QA agencies. We argue that the Mexican case is illustrative of a (weak) hybrid regulatory model that combines the policy instruments of both a state-centred model and a market-…
Legislative Transparency in the European Parliament: Disclosing Legislators' Meetings with Interest Groups
Research on transparency in the EU and at the European Parliament, in particular, has extensively examined the adoption and implementation of transparency initiatives as well as the conditions under which interest groups have access to and influence on EU policy‐making. However, the question of whether Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are transparent regarding their interactions with interest group representatives has been overlooked by …
Twenty-five years of accountability research in public administration: Authorship, themes, methods, and future trends
There is extensive literature on accountability, yet systematic research on the state of the art in the field of public administration is lacking. This research is essential to understand the aspects of accountability that have been studied and identify the primary findings and areas that require further investigation. This study seeks to address this gap by conducting a systematic literature review of 277 articles on accountability published in …
Watching care behind closed doors: Upward and Downward Accountability Mechanisms in Nursing Home Services
Nursing homes (NHs) play a critical role in caring for vulnerable people, yet their operations often remain hidden from public scrutiny, potentially causing a negative impact on service quality. We investigate upward and downward accountability mechanisms in NH services, examining how relatives of NH residents assess these mechanisms and what influences their assessments. We conducted an original survey in Spain (n = 1009), targeting direct relat…
Mapping the Perceived Importance of Actors in Social Policy Accountability Across Welfare State Regimes: An Assessment Made by Academic Experts
This article examines the role of a range of actors in social policy accountability across different welfare regimes, with a focus on Austria, Denmark, Switzerland, and Spain. Using a survey conducted with academic experts in these four countries, we examine the perceived importance attributed to political institutions, public bodies, and stakeholders. These include governments, political parties, parliaments, autonomous bodies, market‐oriented a…
Does the Background of the Regulator Matter? The Role of Expertise and Diversity on the Perceived Competence of Regulatory Bodies
This paper examines expertise and professional diversity within new (agencies and central banks) and traditional (ministries) regulatory bodies (RBs) and assesses their effect on the perceived competence of RBs. In particular, we address the following research questions: To what extent do members of RBs have expertise and display diversity in terms of their professional trajectories? How do expertise and professional diversity affect the perceive…
Trust in nursing home services within weak regulatory regimes: The role of information, control and participation
What conditions contribute to building trust in services with high levels of opacity, information asymmetries, and vulnerable users? This study examines trust in nursing home service providers through a survey conducted in December 2022, targeting direct relatives of nursing home residents in Spain (n = 1,009). The study shows that the provision of substantive information, vertical control by public authorities, and active involvement of the resi…
Managing the Covid ‐19 Crisis: Assessing the Responses of Politicians and Service Providers in Long‐Term Care
COVID‐19 was a mega‐crisis that disproportionately affected vulnerable groups, with nursing home residents accounting for 30%–60% of COVID‐19‐related deaths in Europe during the Spring 2020. Despite these shortcomings, little is known about how individuals evaluate crisis management by governments compared to performance by service providers. To address these gaps, we surveyed family members of nursing home residents ( n = 2060) in Spain through …
Trust Me, I'm an Expert: Evaluating the Relation Between Expertise and Trust in Regulators
Trust is central to research on regulatory governance, underpinning both the legitimacy and effectiveness of regulatory bodies. Yet, while its importance is often assumed, less is known about its organizational drivers. Departing from the idea that regulatory agencies are expert‐based organizations within their fields, we argue that trust depends on the composition of regulators' staff, through the mechanisms of competence and goodwill. Using sur…
Regulating Care: How Transparency, Ownership, Control, and Sanctions Shape Trust and Preferences
Of the various attributes and regulatory tools related to nursing home service provision—such as ownership, transparency, oversight, and sanctions—which are seen as preferable and are most trusted? To address this question, we conducted a conjoint survey experiment on nursing home services with 1009 direct relatives of nursing home residents in Spain. Participants evaluated hypothetical nursing home profiles that varied across core service charac…
Being friends or being favored? The drivers of stakeholder trust in regulatory agencies
Stakeholders play a key role in regulatory governance, yet their cooperation with regulators depends on mutual trust. This paper examines what drives stakeholders’ trust in regulators by contrasting two perspectives. The relationship-based trust perspective emphasizes that trust develops through transparent procedures, inclusive participation, and frequent interaction. The benefit-based trust perspective holds that trust arises when regulatory ou…
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