Regulatory impact assessment: Formal institutionalization and practice

Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117-136

  Staroňová, Katarína ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

capacity; Central and Eastern Europe; institutions; regulatory impact assessment; regulatory quality

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LEGISLATION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY REFORM; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

CZECH REPUBLIC; ESTONIA; HUNGARY; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA;

EID: 77956309306     PISSN: 0143814X     EISSN: 14697815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0143814X09990201     Document Type: Article

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