With my research assistance, this rearch project was conducted by Prof. Claudio M. Radaelli at the Centre for European Studies, University of Bradford. It was funded by the DG Enterprise in the context of its Multiannual Programme for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, and in particular for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2001-2005.
The final report was successively revised and published as a manuscript, Regulatory Quality in Europe, for Manchester University Press.
Radaelli, C.M. and F. De Francesco (2007) Regulatory Quality in Europe. Concepts, Measures and Policy Processes. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
De Francesco, F. (2016) “Transfer Agencies, Regulatory Quality Indices, and the Media: Comparing the World Bank and the OECD”, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 18:4, 350-365.
De Francesco, F. (2010) “Indicatori per valutare l’AIR: Un’applicazione al caso italiano (Indicators for evaluating RIA: An applications to the Italian Case)” in (eds) A. Natilini and G. Tiberi, La Tela di Penelope: Primo Rapporto Astrid sulla Semplificazione Legislativa e Burocratica, Bologna: Il Mulino (in Italian).
De Francesco, F and C.M. Radaelli (2007) “Indicators of Regulatory Quality”, in C. Kirkpatrick and D. Parker (eds.), Regulatory Impact Assessment: Towards Better Regulation?, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Radaelli, C.M. and F. De Francesco (2011) “Project-Level Indicators”, Paper for the “Better Regulation for Growth”, Programme of the IFC at the World Bank, Washington DC, World Bank.
Radaelli, C.M. and F. De Francesco (2010) “Overview of Regulatory Quality Indicators”, Paper for the “Better Regulation for Growth” Programme of the IFC at the World Bank, Washington DC, World Bank.
SQW (2005) “Evaluating the Impact of Regulation”, SQW Report for the DTI, London, April 2005.
Radaelli, C.M. and F. De Francesco (2004) “Indicators of Regulatory Quality”, Report for DG Enterprise, Brussels: European Commission.