Journal article
The appraisal of policy appraisal – Learning about the quality of impact assessment
Revue française d'administration publique, Vol.149(1), pp.163-178
2014
Abstract
What do governments, international organizations and stakeholders mean when they say that proposals for new regulation should be systematically appraised? And do regulators really use the results of appraisal? In this article, we consider two dimensions of policy appraisal: the breadth and scope of the empirical analysis, and the utilization of impact assessment. We use these two dimensions to produce an explanatory typology with four types. The types enable us to review the literature systematically, exposing gaps as well as documenting the results. In the final part of the article we build hypotheses that link quality of analysis and utilization, thus showing how future research may become less descriptive and more inclined to test explicit hypotheses.
Details
- Title
- The appraisal of policy appraisal – Learning about the quality of impact assessment
- Authors/Creators
- C.A. Dunlop (Author/Creator)O. Fritsch (Author/Creator)C.M. Radaelli (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Revue française d'administration publique, Vol.149(1), pp.163-178
- Publisher
- Paris; Institut international d'administration publique
- Identifiers
- 991005543626907891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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