Economic growth and judicial independence, a dozen years on: Cross-country evidence using an updated set of indicators

S Voigt, J Gutmann, LP Feld - European Journal of Political Economy, 2015 - Elsevier
Over 10 years ago, Feld and Voigt (2003) introduced an indicator for objectively measuring
the actual independence of the judiciary and demonstrated its utility in a large cross-section …

The politicization of regulatory agencies: Between partisan influence and formal independence

L Ennser-Jedenastik - Journal of Public Administration …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The past decades have seen a dramatic increase in the number of regulatory agencies
(RAs) across countries and policy domains. To establish credible regulatory regimes, many …

Agency proliferation and the globalization of the regulatory state: Introducing a data set on the institutional features of regulatory agencies

J Jordana, X Fernández‐i‐Marín… - Regulation & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
State structures have experienced significant transformation with the spread of globalization.
This paper examines how to measure one major change that has occurred in recent …

[書籍][B] Strengthening electoral integrity

P Norris - 2017 - books.google.com
Today a general mood of pessimism surrounds Western efforts to strengthen elections and
democracy abroad. If elections are often deeply flawed or even broken in many countries …

Political independence, accountability, and the quality of regulatory decision-making

C Koop, C Hanretty - Comparative Political Studies, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent decades have seen a considerable increase in delegation to independent regulatory
agencies, which has been justified by reference to the superior performance of these bodies …

Does increasing auditors' independence lead to more forceful public auditing? A study of a Canadian internal audit reform

C Liston‐Heyes, L Juillet - Public Administration, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The value of auditing as an instrument of accountability depends upon the independence of
auditors. However, the extent to which auditors feel free to review the operation, compliance …

Building impartial electoral management? Institutional design, independence and electoral integrity

C Van Ham, HA Garnett - International Political Science …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Electoral integrity is a persistent concern in both established and transitional democracies.
Independent Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) have been championed as a key …

[書籍][B] Governing through regulation: public policy, regulation and the law

E Windholz - 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
Over the past forty years, numerous theoretical advances have been made. From Ayres' and
Braithwaite's ground breaking work on 'responsive regulation', we have seen models of …

Exploring the dynamics of delegation over time: Insights from Italian anti‐corruption agencies (2003–2016)

F Di Mascio, M Maggetti, A Natalini - Policy Studies Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
According to classical literature on delegation in the regulatory state, independent regulators
are established to enhance the credibility of regulatory policies. In that regard, anti …

[書籍][B] Election watchdogs: transparency, accountability and integrity

P Norris, A Nai - 2017 - books.google.com
Recent decades have seen growing concern regarding problems of electoral integrity. The
most overt malpractices used by rulers include imprisoning dissidents, harassing …