Involving Stakeholders in Regulation

Abstract

Policymakers rely heavily on non-state stakeholders (such as firms, business associations, trade unions, NGOs, consumer groups, etc.) in regulatory policymaking processes. Not only do policymakers need technical expertise to make effective regulation, they also use stakeholders as a means to ensure implementation, build their reputation and expand their authority. The panel welcomes both qualitative and quantitative papers that delve deeper in the relations between stakeholders and regulators. How do these relations take place? What are their effects? How do the networks of stakeholders and regulators look like – do they change over time, and what happens in times of crisis?

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