Our aim is to provide an overview of the debate on the Better Regulation (BR) Agenda
presented in 2015 by the European Commission. In addition to academic literature, we also …

Why would a supranational law enforcer suddenly refrain from wielding its powers? The
authors theorize the supranational politics of forbearance—the deliberate underenforcement …

What is the effect of a new infrastructure on the well-being of a local community? Is a tax
reform desirable? Does the privatization of a telecommunication provider increase social …

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 …

This element offers a review and synthesis of the research on economic methods for
evaluating regulations that improve air quality, save energy, and reduce climate risks. The …

The presence of communication channels plays a key role in how interest groups engage in
EU policymaking. However, the capacity of researchers to explain these patterns is …

US regulatory agencies have been encouraged to consider the equity and distributional
impacts of regulations for decades. This paper examines the extent to which such analysis is …

The aim of this paper is to examine the Porter hypothesis which defines that environmental
regulations, under certain circumstances, could have positive effects on corporate …

Executive summary The objective of this work is to systematically analyse how models are
used in support to the policy formulation phase of the EU policy cycle. We focus on …

This chapter adopts a bird's eye view from a European perspective and answers the
questions 'What drives and shapes international subsidy control and investment law?'and …