Independent Regulatory Agencies: Improving Policy-Making or Escaping Accountability?

Abstract

This panel includes papers that investigate the relationship between independence on the one hand and performance, accountability, and responsiveness of regulatory agencies on the other hand. All approaches are welcome: quantitative studies, comparisons of a sector across different countries, comparisons of different sectors in the same country, case studies.

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A Quick and Easy Fix: How the Media Framed Central Banks' Communication during the Post-Crisis Period ꟷ A Case Study on the National Bank of Romania	View Paper Details
The Global Dimension of Domestic Regulatory Agencies: A Networked Perspective of Political Legitimacy	View Paper Details
Regulation in Isolation? The Management of Autonomy by Boards of Regulatory Agencies	View Paper Details