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The Impact of Emergencies on Corruption Risks: Italian Natural Disasters and Public Procurement

IF 3 2区社会学

Regulation & Governance Pub Date : 2025-01-25 DOI: 10.1111/rego.12653

Mihaly Fazekas, Shrey Nishchal, Tina Soreide

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Does the Background of the Regulator Matter? The Role of Expertise and Diversity on the Perceived Competence of Regulatory Bodies 监管机构的背景重要吗？专业知识和多样性对监管机构感知能力的作用

IF 3 2区社会学

Regulation & Governance Pub Date : 2025-01-21 DOI: 10.1111/rego.12654

Ixchel Perez-Duran, Yannis Papadopoulos, Bastiaan Redert, Juan Carlos Triviño-Salazar

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Subsidizing Unprofitable Industries: The Political Determinants of Agro‐Industrial Policy in French Overseas Departments 补贴无利可图的产业：法国海外省农业-产业政策的政治决定因素

IF 3 2区社会学

Regulation & Governance Pub Date : 2025-01-20 DOI: 10.1111/rego.12657

Thibaut Joltreau

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Insiders and Outsiders: The Role of Human Agents and Networks in System Change 局内人与局外人：系统变迁中人类代理人与网络的角色

IF 3 2区社会学

Regulation & Governance Pub Date : 2025-01-20 DOI: 10.1111/rego.12645

Miranda Forsyth, Anthea Roberts

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The Role of Political Actors in Realizing Sustainable European Energy Markets: Insights From the Trinational Upper Rhine Region 政治行为者在实现可持续欧洲能源市场中的作用：来自莱茵河畔三国地区的见解

IF 3 2区社会学

Regulation & Governance Pub Date : 2025-01-10 DOI: 10.1111/rego.12651

Franziska Leopold, Bianca Blum, Dominik Schröder

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More Than One Agent? Authority Expansion and Delegation Dynamics in the EU 不止一个代理？欧盟的权力扩张和授权动态