Data di Pubblicazione:
2014
Citazione:
Does Accountability Make 'Doing Business' Easier? / A. Damonte, C. Dunlop, C.M. Radaelli. ((Intervento presentato al 42. convegno ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops tenutosi a Salamanca nel 2014.
Abstract:
Over the last twenty years, several countries have adopted and implemented a set of policy
instruments to make public administration more accountable, in the context of new public
management reforms. In this paper, we first introduce an original dataset of accountability
instruments in European countries. Using qualitative comparative analysis we explore the
different accountability recipes that condition the business environment. For the latter, we
draw on measures from the Doing Business database. Previous research suggests a causal
link between regulatory quality, ease of business and growth. We contribute to the
literature theoretically and empirically. Theoretically, we consider a set of policy
instruments selected on the basis of an explicit theoretical rationale; the theory of firealarms.
This is more focused than previous research based on catch-all concepts such as
'regulatory quality' – which are also normatively loaded concepts. Empirically, we explore
combinations of these instruments leading to the outcome 'ease of business', showing that
there are different paths to positive and negative values of the outcome. This challenges
the conventional view that the path to the negative outcome is the mirror image of the
path to the positive outcome. In the conclusions, we reflect on the patterns identified, their
implications for wicked issues, and how our empirical findings may be extended to a new
generation of studies.
Tipologia IRIS:
14 - Intervento a convegno non pubblicato
Keywords:
administrative law ; fire alarms ; public management ; qualitative comparative
analysis (QCA)
Elenco autori:
A. Damonte, C. Dunlop, C.M. Radaelli
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