The concept of Index for the Assessment of Regulations' Significance (IARS) in regulatory impact evaluation
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Keywords

regulatory impact assessment
ex-post evaluation
index for the assessment of regulations’ significance
parliamentary scrutiny
JEL
K1
K4

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Marchewka-Bartkowiak, K. (2019). The concept of Index for the Assessment of Regulations’ Significance (IARS) in regulatory impact evaluation. Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny I Socjologiczny, 81(2), 177–190. https://doi.org/10.14746/rpeis.2019.81.2.13

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Abstract

This article aims to present the concept of the Index for the Assessment of Regulations’ Significance as a tool used in parliamentary regulatory impact assessment, with a special focus on expost assessment. The Index is an element of the broadly defined economic analysis of law, which can facilitate a more effective scrutiny of parliamentary lawmaking. The Index also enables the
RIA (Regulatory Impact Assessment) to be verified by the act originator at the stage of the ex-ante regulatory impact assessment. Furthermore, the Index can also serve as a tool for conducting an analysis of the overall legislation process employed in parliament over a given period of time, on the basis of the adopted legal and substantive criteria.
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