Does regulatory impact assessment lead to better policy?

Policy and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-122

  Carroll, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950916141     PISSN: 14494035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polsoc.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Adams D. Usable knowledge in public policy. Australian Journal of Public Administration 63 1 (2004) 29-42
2. Argy, S. & Johnson, M. (2003). Mechanisms for improving the quality of regulations: Australia in an international context. Productivity Commission Staff Working Paper. ACT, July.
3. Auditor-General. Reports on audits to 31 December 1988 (1989), Auditor-General's Office, AGPS, Canberra
4. Australian Government. Best practice regulation handbook (2007) Canberra, Australia
5. Banks G. Regulation-making in Australia: Is it broke? How do we fix it? (2005), Productivity Commission. http://www.pc.gov.au/speeches/cs20050707/index.html from Retrieved 12.06.06
6. Banks G. Rethinking regulation (2006), AGPS. http://www.regulationtaskforce.gov.au/index.html from Retrieved 22.11.08
7. Carroll P., Silver H., Deighton-Smith R., and Walker C. Minding the gap-Appraising the promise and performance of regulatory reform in Australia (2008), ANU EPress, Canberra
8. Colebatch H. Policy analysis, policy practice and political science. Australian Journal of Public Administration 64 3 (2005) 14-23
9. Colebatch H., and Radin B. Mapping the work of policy. In: Colebatch H.K. (Ed). The work of policy: An international survey (2006), Rowman and Littlefield, New York 217-226
10. In: Colebatch H.K. (Ed). The work of policy: An international survey (2006), Rowman and Littlefield, New York
11. Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. New impact assessments will increase transparency and improve regulation (2007), AGPS, Canberra. http://bre.berr.gov.uk/regulation/news/2007/070402_ia.asp from Retrieved 6.01.08
12. Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. Impact assessment guidance (2007), AGPS, Canberra. http://bre.berr.gov.uk/regulation/ria/ia_guidance/ from Retrieved 11.01.08
13. Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. Impact assessment toolkit (2007), AGPS, Canberra. http://bre.berr.gov.uk/regulation/ria/toolkit/ from Retrieved 11.01.08
14. Department of Finance and Deregulation. Business cost calculator (2009), AGPS, Canberra. http://www.finance.gov.au/obpr/bcc/index.html from Retrieved 12.01.09
15. In: Dobuzinskis L., Howlett M., and Laycock D. (Eds). Policy analysis in Canada: The state of the art (2007), University of Toronto Press, Toronto
16. Formez. (2004). A comparative analysis of regulatory impact assessment in ten countries. A report prepared for the EU Directors of Better Regulation Group, Dublin. At Retrieved 20.07.08.
17. Hahn, R. & Tetlock, P. (2007). Has economic analysis improved regulatory decisions? Working paper 07-08, April. AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies.
18. In: Head B., and McCoy E. (Eds). Deregulation or better regulation? (1991), Macmillan, Melbourne
19. Hertin J., Pesch U., and Jacob K. The production and use of knowledge in regulatory impact assessment-An empirical analysis. ECPR general conference. Pisa, 6-8 September (2007)
20. Howlett M. Enhanced policy analytical capacity as a prerequisite for effective evidence-based policy-making. Presentation for the workshop on evidence-based policy, international research symposium on public management XII. Brisbane, Australia, 26-28 March (2008)
21. Jackson P. Making sense of policy advice. Public Money & Management 27 4 (2007) 257-264
22. Jacobs, C. (2005). Improving the quality of regulatory impact assessments in the UK. Working paper series, paper no. 102. Centre on Regulation and Competition.
23. Jaffe J., and Stavins R. On the value of formal assessment of uncertainty in regulatory analysis. Regulation and Governance 1 2 (2007) 154-171
24. Mintrom M. The policy analysis movement. In: Dobuzinskis L., Howlett M., and Laycock D. (Eds). Policy analysis in Canada: The state of the art (2007), University of Toronto Press, Toronto
25. National Audit Office. (2007). Evaluation of regulatory impact assessments 2006-07. London, from Retrieved 4.01.08.
26. OECD. Regulatory impact analysis in OECD countries challenges for developing countries (2005), OECD, Paris
27. Office of Management and Budget. Circular A-4 regulatory analysis (2003), Office of Management and Budget, Washington
28. Office of Regulation Review. Regulation and its review, 1992-1993 (1993), Industry Commission, Canberrra
29. Packwood A. Evidence-based policy: Rhetoric and reality. Social Policy & Society 1 3 (2002) 267-272
30. Page E., and Jenkins W. Policy bureaucracy: Governing with a cast of thousands (2005), Oxford University Press, Oxford
31. Pawson R. Evidence-based policy: In search of a method?. Evaluation 8 2 (2002) 157-181
32. Productivity Commission. Regulation and its review 2004-05. Annual report series (2005), Productivity Commission, Canberra
33. Radaelli C. Diffusion without convergence: How political context shapes the adoption of regulatory impact assessment. Journal of European Public Policy 12 5 (2005) 924-943
34. Regulation Taskforce. (2006). Rethinking regulation: Report of the taskforce on reducing regulatory burdens on business. Report to the Prime Minister and the Treasurer, Canberra, from Retrieved 5.01.08.
35. Renda A. Impact assessment in the EU (2006), Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels
36. The Evaluation Partnership Limited. Evaluation of the Commission's impact assessment system final report (2007), Secretariat General of the European Commission, Brussels
37. Wells P. New labour and evidence based policy making. A paper presented to the PERC research seminar. 16 May, University of Sheffield (2004)