THEORIES OF REGULATORY IMPACT: THE ROLES OF THE REGULATOR, THE REGULATED, AND THE PUBLIC |
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| Authors: | William D. Berry |
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| Affiliation: | WILLIAM D. BERRY is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Kentucky. His main research interests are in public policy, research methodology, state politics and intergovernmental relations. |
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| Abstract: | Berry reviews the major theories for why legislative intent differs from regulatory output including: (1) theories of commission inadequacy, (2) group theories of political science, and (3) group theories of regulation offered by economists. He reviews the salient literature in each type and concludes that none alone incorporates a sufficient explanation for the wide range of regulatory outcomes. Such an explanation, he maintains, requires an analysis of all three actors, and of the variation in the incentives, resources, and goals of each. |
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