Measuring Cross-Sectorial Law Enforcement Capacity of Regulatory Agencies in Hungary

Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences

卷:11

György GAJDUSCHEK¹ 

[1] Associate Professor, Department for Public Managementand Policy, Faculty of Economics, Corvinus University, Budapest, HungarySenior Researcher, Centre for Social Sciences Institutefor Legal Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences,Budapest, Hungary;

关键词: law enforcement, regulatory agency, agency capacity, central and eastern europe, law and economics.;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The paper analyses the effectiveness of law enforcement by regulatory agencies in Hungary. Empirical data were collected from such diverse felds as consumer rights protection, construc-tion, road safety, labor regulation, etc. The data were analyzed using a simplifed rational choice model, looking for evidence of whether adminis-trative practices were effective in preventing ra-tional actors from breaking the law. The analysis robustly proves the ineffectiveness of regulatory activity, as the breaking of laws may yield, in a conservative estimate, 10 to 100,000 times more income than the expected monetary value of the fne. In brief, the government of Hungary is gen-erally unable to enforce its own laws. Though the paper makes use of data solely from Hungary, it aims to provide a methodology for measuring regulatory capacity more generally.

【 授权许可】

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