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dc.contributor.authorDunlop, Claire A.
dc.contributor.authorKamkhaji, Jonathan C.
dc.contributor.authorRadaelli, Claudio M.
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-29T09:14:20Z
dc.date.issued2015-03-11
dc.description.abstractRegulators face an array of initiatives designed to boost the effectiveness of policy delivery and cut administrative burdens. A good deal of analytical attention is given to these governance tools, but we know much less about how regulators themselves understand and learn about them. We use a quasi-experiment to assess the effects of training on local government inspectors’ understandings of the Primary Authority (PA) initiative. Established in 2009 by the UK’s Better Regulation Delivery Organisation (BRDO), PA partnerships are legally binding agreements that provide businesses with a single point of regulatory contact and inspectors provide advice and reduce duplication of inspections and paperwork. The scheme is complex, and marks a significant departure from the existing inspection framework. Our findings suggest that, regardless of training, the regulatory innovation is well understood among local authority inspectors. Training may make a difference however in aspects of regulatory reform which are contentious or could be taken as counter-intuitive to professional norms. The article also highlights the value of the quasi-experimental approach for policy-relevant public management research.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Research Councilen_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 18 (2), pp. 304-322en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/10967494.2015.1023912
dc.identifier.grantnumber230267en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/17345
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_GB
dc.rights.embargoreasonPublisher mandateden_GB
dc.subjectbetter regulationen_GB
dc.subjectexperiments in public policyen_GB
dc.subjectlocal authority inspectorsen_GB
dc.subjectPrimary Authority schemeen_GB
dc.subjectregulatory risken_GB
dc.subjectburden reductionen_GB
dc.subjectInspectorsen_GB
dc.subjectquasi-experimentsen_GB
dc.titleRegulators and reform: a quasi-experimental assessment of the effects of training inspectorsen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.descriptionpublication-status: Accepteden_GB
dc.identifier.journalInternational Public Management Journalen_GB


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