Working paper
Regulatory quality in the European Union and the United Kingdom: Old Questions and New Finding
CEPS Working Documents; No. 362, Centre for European Policy Studies
2012
Abstract
This paper examines the quality of impact assessments in the European Commission and the United Kingdom for the period 2005-2010. We coded 477 impact assessments for the UK and 251 for the European Commission, using a detailed scorecard - adjusted to reduce the bias evidenced by previous usages of this instrument.
The findings suggest that impact assessment is not merely a perfunctory activity in the European Union and the UK. Quality has improved steadily over the years, arguably as a result of learning and regulatory oversight. The UK and the European Commission are strikingly similar on a number of impact assessment dimensions (such as economic analysis and identification of costs and benefits). The impact assessments of the European Commission seem to pay more attention to social and environmental aspects, however. The conclusions reflect on the implications of our findings for current policy discussions on regulatory quality and the role of regulatory oversight bodies.
Details
- Title
- Regulatory quality in the European Union and the United Kingdom: Old Questions and New Finding
- Authors/Creators
- O. Fritsch (Author/Creator)C.M. Radaelli (Author/Creator)L. Screfler (Author/Creator)A. Renda (Author/Creator)
- Series
- CEPS Working Documents; No. 362
- Publisher
- Centre for European Policy Studies
- Identifiers
- 991005540752407891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Working paper
- Publisher URL
- https://www.ceps.eu/publications/regulatory-quality-european-commission-and-uk-old-questions-and-new-findings
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