The Independence of Regulatory Authorities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23651306 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fabrizio Gilardi (0000-0002-0635-3048), Martino Maggetti (0000-0002-7263-3726) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Publication date | 2011-11-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Handbook on the Politics of Regulation (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4337/9780857936110.00026 |
| OpenAlex | W2222248495 |
| ISBN | 9780857936110 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 47 |
| References cited | 33 |
This chapter offers a theoretical and empirical assessment of the distinctive feature of regulatory agencies, namely their independence. First, we discuss the formal and informal aspects of regulatory independence, their conceptualization, and their operationalization. Second, we present empirical research explaining the variation of formal independence across countries and sectors. We also point out that formal independence is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for regulators’ de facto independence from political decision-makers and from the regulated industries. We conclude by highlighting the persistent relevance of regulatory independence for the study of the ongoing processes of re-regulation and agencification.
Conceptualization · De facto · Economics · Epistemology · Independence (probability theory) · Operationalization · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Public economics · Relevance (law) · Computer Science · Law · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Mathematics · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Regulation and Compliance Studies
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Having Your Cake and Eating It, Too
Competition law in the Asia-Pacific region makes small and medium enterprises poorer without innovation law
Regulatory networks and regulatory agencification
Staggered Political Institutions
How transparency and accountability matter in regulating the Taiwan Water Supply Corporation
State capacity and utilities regulation in Brazil
Do economic regulatory agencies matter to private-sector involvement in water utilities in developing countries
The regulatory governance of the telecommunication and electricity industries in small, island nations
Revisiting regulatory independence
Minding Weber More Than Ever? The Impacts of State Capacity and Bureaucratic Autonomy on Development Goals
Empowered but Challenged
Corruption and Separation of Powers
Let’s Talk about Regulation
How to strengthen the independence of IA reviewers and practitioners
Varying Power Configurations and the Accountability of Independent Regulatory Agencies
Non‐State Regulators? Civil Society as Extension of the State in a Context of a Regularization Scheme for Undocumented Migrants
Regulatory agencies, reputational threats, and communicative responses
Breaking the iron triangle around nuclear safety regulation
Strengthening Trust by Design
The Board of Trade and the regulatory state in the long 19th century, 1815–1914
Depoliticisation, Resilience and the Herceptin Post-Code Lottery Crisis
Legislative direction of regulatory bureaucracies
Keep your principals close, but your stakeholders closer
Consumer Authorities in Europe
Losing control is not an option. Resource allocation to police oversight agencies in Western states
Policy properties and political influence in post-delegation
Une agence au service d'une stratégie ministérielle
The regulatory independence of audiovisual media regulators
Nuclear Energy Safety, Regulatory Independence, and Judicial Deference
Structural and behavioural independence
The empirical assessment of agency accountability
Political and stakeholder’s ties in European Union agencies
The non‐reversal of delegation in international standard‐setting in finance
Do parties matter in delegation? Partisan preferences and the creation of regulatory agencies inEurope
Agency proliferation and the globalization of the regulatory state
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The Politicization of Regulatory Agencies
Independent agencies, credible policies? The role of prior beliefs in shaping stakeholder perceptions of credibility in a contested environment
Accountable and Under Control? Explaining Governments' Selection of Management Board Representatives
Does formal independence of regulators change? Evidence from Portuguese agencies
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The Odyssey of the Regulatory State
Political Order in Changing Societies
Beyond Capture
Measuring the Independence of Central Banks and Its Effect on Policy Outcomes
The study of organisational autonomy
Central Bank Independence and Macroeconomic Performance
Veto Players
Democracy and Its Critics
The Institutional Foundations of Regulatory Capitalism
The rise of the regulatory state in Europe
Towards a European regulatory state
The Third Force? Independent Regulatory Agencies and Elected Politicians in Europe
The politics of liberalisation
The Economic Institutions of Capitalism
Goal Ambiguity and Organizational Performance in U.S. Federal Agencies
The Unanticipated Consequences of Creating Independent Competition Agencies
Delegation to Independent Regulatory Agencies
Credibility, Complexity and Uncertainty
The Formal Independence of Regulators
De facto independence after delegation
What is “Politics
Effects of Autonomy, Performance Contracting, and Competition on the Performance of a Public Agency
Who Governs Intermediary Agencies? Principal-Agent Relations in Research Policy-Making
From the Positive to the Regulatory State
The role of independent regulatory agencies in policy-making
Policy credibility and delegation to independent regulatory agencies
Regulatory Capitalism
Varieties of Regulatory Capitalism
The New Governance of Markets and Non-Majoritarian Regulators
Two Logics of Delegation
The Global Diffusion of Regulatory Agencies
Autopoiesis and the Science of (Public) Administration
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| Unique citing works | 47 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,13 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 33 |