The many uses of regulatory impact assessment: A meta-analysis of EU and UK cases

Regulation and Governance

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-45

  Dunlop, Claire A ^a   Maggetti, Martino ^b   Radaelli, Claudio M ^a   Russel, Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Knowledge utilization; Meta analysis; Policy appraisal; Policy instruments; Qualitative comparative analysis; Regulatory impact assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858260327     PISSN: 17485983     EISSN: 17485991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5991.2011.01123.x     Document Type: Article

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