Emboldened by the Spitzenkandidaten process, the new European Commission emerges
as the most political yet. The Commission asks EU citizens to judge its operation by its ability …

The'Precautionary Principle'has sparked the central controversy over European and US risk
regulation. The Reality of Precaution is the most comprehensive study to go beyond …

Countries may differ in their regulation of important issues such as health, safety,
environment, security, and financial markets. A world of states with different legal systems …

Should the government engage in public shaming? This Article is the first to define and
explore an intriguing practice—“regulatory shaming.” Regulatory shaming refers to the …

This article starts from the assertion that Transnational Private Regulatory Regimes
(TPRERs) construct relationships of recognition with the plurality of public and private …

While benefit–cost analysis (BCA) is now a permanent part of the regulatory process in the
United States, and many other countries around the world as well as the European Union …

Impact assessment is a method of regulatory oversight intended to improve both regulatory
processes and outcomes. This article reviews the work of the Regulatory Policy Committee …

The economic analysis of law (L&E) and regulatory impact assessment (RIA) share many
methodological features (and flaws), and both aim at analyzing the impact of legal rules on …

This paper examines the content of impact assessments (IAs) in the European Commission
(EC) and the UK for the period 2005 to 2010. We coded 477 IAs for the UK and 296 for the …

The OECD is a unique forum where governments work together to address the economic,
social and environmental challenges of globalisation. The OECD is also at the forefront of …