Evidence-Based Policy Making and the Implementation of Regulatory Impact Assessment in Croatia

Petak, Zdravko

doi:10.7206/mba.ce.2084-3356.146

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“…Santoro et al [ 41 ] found the same in their study of 17 Eastern European countries. Petak [ 42 ], reporting on the Croatian policy process, mirrored our findings on shortcomings in coordinating government actors and monitoring implementation. Gollust et al [ 43 ] reported that mutual distrust is also key in the United States, while Innvaer et al [ 44 ] noted the same in a systematic review including studies mostly from high-income countries.…”

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Qualitative assessment of opportunities and challenges to improve evidence-informed health policy-making in Hungary – an EVIPNet situation analysis pilot

Mihalicza

Leys

Borbás

et al. 2018

Health Res Policy Sys

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BackgroundIn evidence-informed policy-making (EIP), major knowledge gaps remain in understanding the context and possibilities for institutionalisation of knowledge translation. In 2014, the WHO Evidence-informed Policy Network (EVIPNet) Europe initiated a number of pilot countries, with Hungary among them, to engage in a ‘situation analysis’ (SA) in order to fill some of those gaps. This contribution discusses the results of the SA in Hungary on research–policy interactions, facilitating factors and potential barriers to establish a knowledge translation platform (KTP).MethodsIn line with the EVIPNet Europe SA Manual, a document analysis, 13 interviews, 3 focus group discussions with 21 participants, and an online survey with 31 respondents were carried out from April to October, 2015. A SA aims to assess the context in which EIP takes form and seeks opportunities to establish a KTP, so information was gathered on the current practice of EIP and knowledge translation, its relevant actors, enablers and barriers for EIP, and opinions on a future KTP. Methodological and researcher triangulation resulted in a narrative synthesis of data, including a comparison with literature. A stakeholder consultation was organised to validate findings.ResultsThis study reveals that stakeholders show commitment to produce and use research evidence in Hungarian health policy-making. All stakeholders endorsed the idea of strengthening the systematic use of evidence in decision-making and favoured the idea of establishing a KTP. In line with literature on other countries, some good practices exist on the uptake of evidence in policy-making; however, a systematic approach of developing, translating and using research evidence in health policy processes is lacking. EIP is currently hampered by scattered capacity, coordination problems, high fluctuation in government, an often legalistic and a more ‘symbolic’ rather than practical support for knowledge translation and EIP. The article summarises recommendations on a Hungarian KTP.ConclusionsPragmatic adaptation of the SA Manual to local needs proved to be a useful mechanism to provide insight into the Hungarian EIP field and the establishment of a potential KTP. Despite the success of a KTP pilot, it remains unclear how a KTP in Hungary will be institutionalised in a sustainable way.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12961-018-0331-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Qualitative assessment of opportunities and challenges to improve evidence-informed health policy-making in Hungary – an EVIPNet situation analysis pilot

Mihalicza

Leys

Borbás

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Health Res Policy Sys

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“…At the EU level, better regulation policies ensure that "decision-making is open and transparent; citizens and stakeholders can contribute throughout the policy and law-making process; EU actions are based on evidence and understanding of the impacts; regulatory burdens on businesses, citizens or public administrations are kept to a minimum. " 5 Th e smart regulation is based on the question "how to achieve policy goals and better results through legislation with minimum disruption" (Petak 2015).…”

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One Candle, Two Candles… Is There the Third One ? Croatian Public Administration Reform before and after the EU Accession

Koprić

2018

NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy

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“…All of the above represents a great challenge in creating a procedure for performance‐based policy evaluation and policy making. One of the latest policy‐planning approaches is evidence‐based policy making, which is widely applied in public administration (Petak, ). There are several types of policy/legislation impact assessment procedures that have been used in the past two decades, such as regulatory impact assessment (RIA), sustainability impact assessment (SIA), and simply impact assessment (IA).…”

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Tax Policy Assessment Challenges: The Case of the Slovenian Interest Tax Shield

Jovanović¹,

Klun²

2017

J. Corp. Acct. Fin

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Globalization affects national government fiscal policy; therefore, the recent policy debates focus on international fiscal competition. The national tax policies pay special attention to multinational companies, which are highly mobile and able to avoid taxes. The trend of tax rate cutting and tax base broadening (“the race to the bottom”) means that tax completion is one of the most important topics in the professional public. There are two main instruments to avoid the multinational companies' profit shifting; decreasing the corporate tax rates or the implementation of anti‐avoidance rules. While tax policy implementation affects multiple stakeholders, a thorough, empirically tested and publicly aligned impact assessment procedure should be carried out. The main idea of this article is to analyze the procedure of impact assessment for tax policy in Slovenia, focusing mainly on the example of the interest tax shield, verifying the impact of the tax policy (thin capitalization rule) implemented in 2005 and offering recommendations for future tax policy. The results revealed that the Slovenian procedure for impact assessment concerning tax policy is used to fulfill formal compliance requirements. Such a declaratory and theoretical level of usage cannot contribute to effective results for tax policy. This turned out to be proved by the data from the financial reports of foreign companies operating in Slovenia for the tax policy instrument (thin capitalization). Contrary to expectations, the amount of debt to parent companies has on average increased, causing a capital to debt (to parent company) ratio considerably lower than the tax rules have restricted. The recommendations therefore are concentrated on a thorough quantitative and qualitative analysis of specific policy challenge. The globalization trend has affected tax policies all over the world, causing tax competition among countries. Multinational companies (MNCs) are very mobile and able to avoid taxes, so the tax code is one of the important factors in investment decisions. In this manner, the national tax policy can either decrease the corporate tax rates or implement anti‐avoidance rules. The main article objectives are focused on a review of the existing procedure for tax policy evaluation, including the analysis of the impact of the thin capitalization rule on MNCs operating in Slovenia. The article finally provides recommendations for the tax instrument implementation of thin capitalization in general. The research methodology in based on a systematic literature review concerning the procedure for tax policy evaluation, while the second part employs statistical analysis including the Friedman test to evaluate the effectiveness of the thin capitalization rule and its impacts on foreign direct investment (FDI) in Slovenia. The research findings reveal a rather loose procedure considering the evaluation of the future impacts of tax policies, whereas the tax policy evaluation is addressed on the regulatory and declaratory level, while in practice it is o...

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Evidence-Based Policy Making and the Implementation of Regulatory Impact Assessment in Croatia

Cited by 8 publications

References 22 publications

Qualitative assessment of opportunities and challenges to improve evidence-informed health policy-making in Hungary – an EVIPNet situation analysis pilot

Qualitative assessment of opportunities and challenges to improve evidence-informed health policy-making in Hungary – an EVIPNet situation analysis pilot

One Candle, Two Candles… Is There the Third One ? Croatian Public Administration Reform before and after the EU Accession

Tax Policy Assessment Challenges: The Case of the Slovenian Interest Tax Shield

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