Cookies?
Library Header Image
LSE Research Online LSE Library Services

The unsustainable rationality of impact assessment

Torriti, Jacopo (2011) The unsustainable rationality of impact assessment. European Journal of Law and Economics, 31 (3). pp. 307-320. ISSN 0929-1261

Full text not available from this repository.
Identification Number: 10.1007/s10657-010-9202-y

Abstract

The idea behind evidence-based instruments for policy-making is to provide objective information regarding the costs, benefits and risks involved in legislative proposals. An example of these instruments is the integrated Impact Assessment system, which has been in place in EU policy-making since 2003. Impact Assessments are designed according to rational decision models and aim to enhance the neutrality and objectivity of policy-making. This paper draws a comparison between the rational paradigm emerging from the EU template and the empirical evaluations carried out to date on Impact Assessments. It questions the conventional concept of Impact Assessments as rational policy-making instruments, because of the influential roles played by individual knowledge and data quality.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://www.springer.com/economics/law+%26+economic...
Additional Information: © 2011 Springer
Divisions: Geography & Environment
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
K Law > K Law (General)
Date Deposited: 10 Jun 2011 14:02
Last Modified: 14 Mar 2024 19:15
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/36478

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item