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Better Regulation and Regulatory Quality: The Case of RIA in Slovakia
Better Regulation and Regulatory Quality: The Case of RIA in Slovakia

Author(s): Katarína Staroňová
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Sociologický ústav - Slovenská akadémia vied
Keywords: Better regulation; regulatory quality; regulatory reform; regulatory impact assessment; legislative process; consultation

Summary/Abstract: Better Regulation and Regulatory Quality: the Case of RIA in Slovakia. Regulatory reforms in Europe and OECD countries in the last decade have focused on various tools that would improve ‘regulatory quality’. Regulatory impact assessment (RIA) is considered to be a tool that assists the decision-makers to make choice by systematic appraisal of the potential effects (fiscal, social, economic and other) to proposed legislation. Slovakia, together with other newly accessed countries adopted this tool in 2001, however, there is no systematic research available that would discuss the level of implementation and quality of the information in the regulatory impact assessments conducted in these countries. This article deals with the quality of information contained in regulatory impact assessments conducted in Slovakia. Sociológia 2009, Vol. 41 (No. 3: 247-264)

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 247-264
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English