Title:The Diffusion of Regulatory Impact Analysis - Best Practice Or Lesson-Drawing?
Author(s):RADAELLI, Claudio M.Date:2004Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article presents the main results of a research project on regulatory impact analysis (RIA) in comparative perspective. Its main theoretical thrust is to explore the limitations of the conventional analysis of RIA in ...
Title:The Effect of Seasonal Adjustment on the Properties of Business Cycle Regimes
Author(s):MATAS-MIR, Antonio; OSBORN, Denise R.; LOMBARDI, Marco J.Date:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:We study the impact of seasonal adjustment on the properties of business cycle expansion and recession, regimes using analytical, simulation and empirical methods. Analytically, we show that the X-11 adjustment filter both ...
Title:The European Commission: The Limits of Centralization and the Perils of Parliamentarization
Author(s):MAJONE, GiandomenicoDate:2002Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The idea of an inevitable process of centralization in the European Community (EC)/European Union (EU) is a myth. Also, the metaphor of creeping competences, with its suggestion of a surreptitious but continuous growth of ...
Title:The Fukuoka Silicon Sea-Belt Project - An East Asian Experiment in Developing Transnational Networks
Author(s):KITAGAWA, FumiDate:2005Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article illustrates the recent development of the Fukuoka Silicon Sea-Belt Project in Japan which enhances transnational inter-linkages between regional clusters. Local innovation cluster developing in Fukuok on Kyushu ...
Title:The New European Agencies: Regulation by Information
Author(s):MAJONE, GiandomenicoDate:1997Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The new European agencies have been denied powers normally granted to regulatory bodies. In most cases their functions are limited to providing information and networking with other institutions. Thus, they seem to be ...
Title:The regulatory crisis of public service broadcasting
Author(s):MEIER, Henk ErikDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Die Regulierung des öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunks befindet sich in einer Krise. Fragen nach den Ursachen, dem Verlauf und den Ergebnissen dieser Krise des Regulierungsregimes stehen im Mittelpunkt dieses Beitrags. Während ...
Title:Third Party Access: A comparative study on access regimes in EU electricity grids and natural gas pipelines
Author(s):DE HAUTECLOCQUE, Adrien; TALUS, KimDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[Florence School of Regulation]Abstract:The EU energy market regulation is based on three main pillars: third party access, unbundling and strong regulators. This paper will focus on the first of these. As will be seen throughout this paper, the access regimes ...