Regulatory policy: OECD experience and evidence

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 274-299

  Malyshev, Nick ^a  

^a OECD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; ECONOMIC REFORM; OECD; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

EID: 33749865494     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grj017     Document Type: Review

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