Meet the critics
Analyzing the EU Commission's Regulatory Scrutiny Board through quantitative text analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6377331 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roman Senninger (0000-0003-2254-145X), Jens Blom-Hansen (0000-0002-7148-0334), Jens Blom‐hansen |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1436-1453 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Regulation & Governance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-5983 • E-ISSN: 1748-5991 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/rego.12312 |
| OpenAlex | W3022859801 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 33 |
As part of the “better regulation” agenda, the European Commission created a semi‐independent institution, the Regulatory Scrutiny Board, to monitor the preparation of policy proposals. The position of this Board is potentially wide‐ranging. A proposal that is not given the green light by it cannot proceed in the Commission's internal decisionmaking process. But so far, the Board has only received scant scholarly attention. We provide a comprehensive analysis of the impact of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board on the Commission's policy preparation. Using machine learning techniques and quantitative text analysis, we study 673 Board opinions and compare almost 100 draft and final policy proposals. Our findings show that the Board is an active watchdog that is taken seriously by the Commission's departments. A full understanding of policy preparation in the EU therefore requires more scholarly attention to the Regulatory Scrutiny Board
Business · Commission · European commission · European union · Institution · International trade · Political science · Position (finance · Public relations · Scrutiny · Computational and Text Analysis Methods · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Accounting · Finance
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |