03518nam 22005415 450 991025530160332120200704005203.01-137-58814-410.1057/978-1-137-58814-2(CKB)3710000000869641(MiAaPQ)EBC4720019(DE-He213)978-1-137-58814-2(EXLCZ)99371000000086964120160922d2016 u| 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierCompetition Policy Enforcement in EU Member States[electronic resource] What is Independence for? /by Mattia Guidi1st ed. 2016.London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2016.1 online resource (197 pages) illustrations, tablesEuropean Administrative Governance,2524-72631-137-58813-6 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. EU Competition Policy in Context -- 3. Independence: Reasons, Costs and Benefits -- 4. Explaining National Competition Authorities' Indepdence -- What is Independence For? Measuring the Impact of Independence in Competition Policy Enforcement? -- 6. Conclusions -- Appendices -- Index.This book investigates the crucial EU policy of competition, which is enforced by the Commission and by national agencies that enjoy various degrees of autonomy from their governments. More and more policy-making activities are nowadays delegated to agencies that cannot be held accountable to parliaments, and ultimately to voters. The author explains why this is the case in the field of EU competition policy and discusses whether independence is linked to improved enforcement – as theories of delegation and common wisdom would suggest. These questions are explored with an in-depth analysis covering 27 EU countries for 17 years (1993–2009). While the results show that independence is given when countries lack credibility and good reputation, they also point out that autonomy from governments can hardly be associated with improved regulatory output. So, is independence of competition authorities useful to society in the end? This book will appeal to upper-level students and scholars interested in competition policy, regulatory agencies, and European public policy. .European Administrative Governance,2524-7263European UnionPolitical economyPublic policyEuropean Union Politicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911140International Political Economyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912140Public Policyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911060EuropeEuropean Union countriesEuropean Union.Political economy.Public policy.European Union Politics.International Political Economy.Public Policy.338.6048094Guidi Mattiaauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1062745BOOK9910255301603321Competition Policy Enforcement in EU Member States2528297UNINA