Effective policy implementation is foundational to development and depends crucially on a competent and committed bureaucracy. Bureaucratic failures can arise from both imperfect capabilities and incentive misalignment-dimensions of state capacity that often coexist and shape policy outcomes...

This study investigates power struggles and interest disputes within Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) between 1999 and 2018, focusing on the relationships between bureaucracy, political parties, and interest groups. The research combines multiple sources - such...

This study explores the impact of implementing a mandatory e-government reform within Indonesia's national ISBN service (Regulation No. 5/2022). It examines the effects of this policy shift on public service quality and the resulting administrative burden placed on stakeholders, specifically...

This paper links microeconomic theory with the political economy of regulation. We explain why modern economies tend to become persistently over-regulated and we outline a practical strategy for deregulation. We argue that regulations are not the works of a benevolent central planner but rather...

Applying for benefits and programs can be so onerous that take-up is low even when support is crucial to people's lives. This study investigates how administrative burden and financial incentives influence the quality of the completion of an administrative task using an incentivized real-effort...

An important strand of research in macro-finance investigates which factors impede enterprise investment, and quantifies their aggregate cost. In this paper, we make two contributions to this literature. The first contribution is methodological: we introduce a novel framework to calibrate...

Auch wenn sich Baugenehmigungsverfahren von Fall zu Fall stark unterscheiden können, wird deren Länge und Komplexität von den Unternehmen vielfach als Belastung und Investitionshemmnis wahrgenommen. Neben den rechtlichen Grundlagen erweisen sich die Vorgehensweise der kommunalen Baubehörden...

We compare inequality and social mobility trends in European countries exposed to Soviet Communist (SC) regimes with those not exposed, using similar welfare mea-sures. We draw upon a rich retrospective dataset that collects relevant welfare measures across regimes, including information on...

We investigate the determinants of states' policy capacity, defined as the ability of states to craft effective policies. Our model shows that the interaction between politicians' implementation decisions and bureaucrats' motivation to design effective policies can lead to the coexistence of...

Unternehmen klagen seit langer Zeit über die mangelnde Verhältnismäßig- und Praxistauglichkeit vieler Regelungen und Vorschriften. Ein Grund hierfür ist, dass bei der Gesetzgebung und beim Bürokratieabbau die Erfahrungen der betroffenen Unternehmen bisher nur unzureichend berücksichtigt...

This study investigates how authentic leadership facilitates innovation within the bureaucratic structure of Indonesian State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), focusing on psychological empowerment as a mediating mechanism and leader personal power as a moderating factor. A cross-sectional survey was...

We investigate the determinants of states' policy capacity, defined as the ability of states to craft effective policies. Our model shows that the interaction between politicians' implementation decisions and bureaucrats' motivation to design effective policies can lead to the coexistence of...

Identifying what motivates public servants and how those motives vary across agencies is essential for both theory and practice, yet most existing "types of bureaucrats" remain untested against real workforces. Drawing on reputation theory, which posits that external audiences' beliefs shape who...

In Umsetzung des Koalitionsvertrages für die 21. Legislaturperiode wurde durch die Bundesministerin für Bildung, Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend, Karin Prien, am 17. Juli eine Kommission "Bürokratiearme Umsetzung der Entgelttransparenzrichtlinie" eingerichtet . Sie soll bis Ende Oktober...

We compare inequality and social mobility trends in Eastern European countries exposed to Soviet Communist (SC) regimes with those not exposed, using similar welfare measures. We draw upon a rich retrospective dataset that collects relevant welfare measures across regimes including information...

Poor implementation frequently impedes social protection delivery in low-state-capacity settings. In such environments, reducing managers' information acquisition costs may improve their grasp of frontline issues and program performance. However, in the presence of managerial rent-seeking,...