Regulators increasingly rely on public information disclosure to influence organizational behaviors. Prior research is mixed on the effects of information-based instruments

in an environment of abundant online information. The study applies a behavioral perspective to examine how regulatory ratings shape the responses of regulated entities [...]

People frequently compete with one another for awards, benefits, contracts, positions, or roles. One of the regulatory challenges in these contexts lies in preventing people

from making dishonest claims to win such competitions. Honesty pledges, asking people to commit to ethical behavior ex ante, have been found to reduce cheating under [...]

We approach public communication of bureaucratic organizations as a means of reputation management and argue that social media communication that abstains from making reference

to other agencies is in line with a turf-protective strategy, whereas communication that seeks to establish a link to other agencies is in line with a strategy to [...]

Transnational private institutions (TPIs) operate at the intersection of technocratic efficiency and democratic accountability, raising important questions about when and why

they adopt particular legitimation strategies. This study theorizes and empirically examines the role of regulatory issue area as an explanatory variable by analyzing [...]

During and following the Covid-19 pandemic, the European Union (EU) is taking first steps toward a European Health Union (EHU). There is no set definition of what an EHU is,

but in this paper, we explore the popular support for different designs of an EHU, including a pillar in which healthcare policy competences are shared between the [...]

In contrast to the “quiet” politics of the pre-2008 period, macroeconomic policy has become “noisy”. This break raises a question: How do independent agencies designed

for quiet politics react when a contentious public turns the volume up on them? Central banks provide an interesting case because while they are self-professed adherents [...]

Risk-based approaches to regulatory governance are ubiquitous. One aspect of such approaches suggests regulators direct their attention towards companies that have already

violated regulations. However, such approaches have made little use of available data to explore these companies, especially compared to companies that do not transgress. [...]

The 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic triggered large economic stimulus packages in most countries. While aimed primarily at saving the domestic

economy from widespread bankruptcies and mass unemployment, these stimulus packages also offered governments windows of opportunity for pivoting toward decarbonization. [...]