Most cited papers in Regulation and Compliance Studies
What are the most cited papers in Regulation and Compliance Studies?
The most cited paper in Regulation and Compliance Studies is "The rise of the regulatory state in Europe" (Giandomenico Majone, 1994), with 1,838 citations. Next come "Variegated neoliberalization: geographies, modalities, pathways" (1,804) and "Environmental Governance" (1,689).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 471 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The rise of the regulatory state in Europe Giandomenico Majone · West European Politics | Jul 1994 | 1,838 |
| 2 | Variegated neoliberalization: geographies, modalities, pathways Neil Brenner, Jamie Peck, Nik Theodore · Global Networks | 4 Aug 2009 | 1,804 |
| 3 | Environmental Governance Maria Carmen Lemos, Arun Agrawal · Annual Review of Environment and Resources | 5 Jul 2006 | 1,689 |
| 4 | INDUSTRY SELF-REGULATION WITHOUT SANCTIONS: THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY'S RESPONSIBLE CARE PROGRAM. A. A. King, Michael Lenox · Academy of Management Journal | Aug 2000 | 1,616 |
| 5 | TALKING TRASH: LEGITIMACY, IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT, AND UNSYSTEMATIC RISK IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. Pratima Bansal, Iain J. Clelland · Academy of Management Journal | Feb 2004 | 1,578 |
| 6 | Is the good news about compliance good news about cooperation? George W. Downs, David M. Rocke, Peter N. Barsoom · International Organization | 1996 | 1,561 |
| 7 | Public Value Governance: Moving Beyond Traditional Public Administration and the New Public Management John M. Bryson, Barbara C. Crosby, Laura Bloomberg · Public Administration Review | 12 Jun 2014 | 1,528 |
| 8 | Intra-industry environmental disclosures in response to the Alaskan oil spill: A note on legitimacy theory Dennis M. Patten · Accounting Organizations and Society | Jul 1992 | 1,508 |
| 9 | Introduction: Understanding Public Policy through Its Instruments—From the Nature of Instruments to the Sociology of Public Policy Instrumentation Pierre Lascoumes, Patrick Le Galès · Governance | 2007 | 1,471 |
| 10 | Exploring the reliability of social and environmental disclosures content analysis Markus J. Milne, Ralph W. Adler · Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal | May 1999 | 1,426 |
| 11 | Does the Market Value Environmental Performance? Shameek Konar, Mark A. Cohen · The Review of Economics and Statistics | May 2001 | 1,422 |
| 12 | Social Accountability and Corporate Greenwashing William S. Laufer · Journal of Business Ethics | Mar 2003 | 1,379 |
| 13 | Enforced versus voluntary tax compliance: The “slippery slope” framework Erich M. Kirchler, Erik Hoelzl, Ingrid Wahl · Journal of Economic Psychology | 5 Jul 2007 | 1,355 |
| 14 | From the Positive to the Regulatory State: Causes and Consequences of Changes in the Mode of Governance Giandomenico Majone · Journal of Public Policy | May 1997 | 1,350 |
| 15 | Legitimacy and the Privatization of Environmental Governance: How Non–State Market–Driven (NSMD) Governance Systems Gain Rule–Making Authority Benjamin William Cashore · Governance | Oct 2002 | 1,267 |
| 16 | Structure and Process, Politics and Policy: Administrative Arrangements and the Political Control of Agencies Matthew D. McCubbins, Roger G. Noll, Barry R. Weingast · Virginia Law Review | Mar 1989 | 1,240 |
| 17 | The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law Maria Polinsky, Steven Shavell · Journal of Economic Literature | Mar 2000 | 1,200 |
| 18 | Institutional Emergence in an Era of Globalization: The Rise of Transnational Private Regulation of Labor and Environmental Conditions Tim Bartley · American Journal of Sociology | 28 Aug 2007 | 1,196 |
| 19 | The Politics of Government Decision-Making: A Theory of Regulatory Capture Jean‐Jacques Laffont, J. Tirole · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Nov 1991 | 1,178 |
| 20 | The Global Diffusion of Regulatory Capitalism David Levi‐Faur · The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science | Feb 2005 | 1,150 |
| 21 | Economic Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility Markus Kitzmueller, Jay P. Shimshack · Journal of Economic Literature | Mar 2012 | 1,139 |
| 22 | The Politics of Regulation James Q. Wilson | 13 Feb 2021 | 1,085 |
| 23 | Constructing and contesting legitimacy and accountability in polycentric regulatory regimes Julia Black · Regulation & Governance | 13 Mar 2008 | 1,020 |
| 24 | Regulatory Capture: A Review Ernesto Dal Bó · Oxford Review of Economic Policy | Jun 2006 | 981 |
| 25 | Can non‐state global governance be legitimate? An analytical framework Steven Bernstein, Benjamin William Cashore · Regulation & Governance | 30 Oct 2007 | 896 |
| 26 | Using Electoral Cycles in Police Hiring to Estimate the Effect of Police on Crime: Comment Justin McCrary · American Economic Review | Aug 2002 | 892 |
| 27 | Information As Regulation: The Effect of Community Right to Know Laws on Toxic Emissions Shameek Konar, Mark A. Cohen · Journal of Environmental Economics and Management | 1997 | 855 |
| 28 | Understanding Governance Gerry Stoker, Robert Pyper · Public Policy and Administration | Apr 1997 | 834 |
| 29 | Contested Boundaries in Policy-Relevant Science Sheila Jasanoff · Social Studies of Science | May 1987 | 818 |
| 30 | Algorithmic regulation: A critical interrogation Karen K. Yeung · Regulation & Governance | 31 Jul 2017 | 784 |
| 31 | Implications of the use of artificial intelligence in public governance: A systematic literature review and a research agenda Anneke Zuiderwijk, Yu‐Che Chen, Fadi Salem · Government Information Quarterly | 23 Mar 2021 | 757 |
| 32 | The Endogeneity of Legal Regulation: Grievance Procedures as Rational Myth Lauren B. Edelman, Christopher Uggen, Howard S. Erlanger · American Journal of Sociology | Sep 1999 | 755 |
| 33 | The regulatory state and its legitimacy problems Giandomenico Majone · West European Politics | 1999 | 751 |
| 34 | Logics in Action Chad Michael McPherson, Michael Sauder · Administrative Science Quarterly | 11 Apr 2013 | 751 |
| 35 | Criminal Deterrence: A Review of the Literature Aaron J. Chalfin, Justin McCrary · Journal of Economic Literature | Mar 2017 | 735 |
| 36 | The Legal Environments of Organizations Lauren B. Edelman, Mark C. Suchman · Annual Review of Sociology | Aug 1997 | 729 |
| 37 | The Performance Paradox in the Public Sector Sandra van Thiel, Frans L. Leeuw · Public Performance & Management Review | Mar 2002 | 728 |
| 38 | Corporate environmental reporting Trevor Wilmshurst, Geoffrey Frost · Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal | Mar 2000 | 715 |
| 39 | EPA's Voluntary 33/50 Program: Impact on Toxic Releases and Economic Performance of Firms Madhu Khanna, Lisa Damon · Journal of Environmental Economics and Management | 1999 | 701 |
| 40 | An examination of social and environmental reporting strategies Denis Cormier, Irene M. Gordon · Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal | Dec 2001 | 691 |
| 41 | How Media Coverage of Corporate Social Irresponsibility Increases Financial Risk Julian F Kölbel, Timo Busch, Leonhardt M. Jancso · Strategic Management Journal | 6 Feb 2017 | 685 |
| 42 | An Economic Approach to Legal Procedure and Judicial Administration Richard A. Posner · The Journal of Legal Studies | Jun 1973 | 682 |
| 43 | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA) Dieter Martinetz · Umweltwissenschaften und Schadstoff-Forschung | May 1989 | 669 |
| 44 | DOES PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY WORK? AN ASSESSMENT TOOL Mark Bovens, Thomas Schillemans, Paul ‘t Hart · Public Administration | Mar 2008 | 659 |
| 45 | Sources of Public Service Improvement: A Critical Review and Research Agenda George A. Boyne · Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory | Jul 2003 | 658 |
| 46 | Assurance statement practice in environmental, social and sustainability reporting: a critical evaluation Brendan O’Dwyer, David Lloyd Owen · The British Accounting Review | 11 Mar 2005 | 656 |
| 47 | The COVID-19 pandemic as a game changer for public administration and leadership? The need for robust governance responses to turbulent problems Christopher Ansell, Eva Sørensen, Jacob Torfing · Public Management Review | 21 Sep 2020 | 644 |
| 48 | Private Global Business Regulation David J. Vogel · Annual Review of Political Science | 9 Jan 2008 | 641 |
| 49 | Social License and Environmental Protection: Why Businesses Go Beyond Compliance NEIL A. GUNNINGHAM, Robert A. Kagan, Dorothy Thornton · Law & Social Inquiry | 2004 | 638 |
| 50 | Wrongful Discharge Laws and Innovation Viral V. Acharya, Ramin Baghai, Krishnamurthy V. Subramanian · Review of Financial Studies | 4 Apr 2013 | 629 |
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