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Using Ex Post Evaluations To Improve The Performance Of Competition Policy Authorities, William E. Kovacic
Using Ex Post Evaluations To Improve The Performance Of Competition Policy Authorities, William E. Kovacic
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
Competition policy is a work in progress. Charting the future course of competition policy can benefit heavily from looking back and asking two fundamental questions. First, did the agency’s interventions produce good results? Second, did the agency’s managerial processes help ensure that the agency selected initiatives that would yield good outcomes? This article discusses how government competition authorities might use ex post evaluations of enforcement decisions, operational mechanisms, and organizational design to improve the quality of their work. Preparing performance measures and conducting evaluations provide valuable tools for answering critical questions about the administration of competition policy.
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Puzzling Observations In Chinese Law: When Is A Riddle Just A Mistake?, Donald C. Clarke
Puzzling Observations In Chinese Law: When Is A Riddle Just A Mistake?, Donald C. Clarke
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
Understanding the Chinese legal system is not simple because it is (probably) very different from a Western one. The understanding of the Chinese legal system that results from any study will depend crucially on the selection of a paradigm with which to define what counts as an observation and against which to measure and assess the observations, either descriptively or normatively. This is not to say that the selection of a paradigm will make the difference between understanding and not understanding. It will, however, make a difference between understanding in one way and understanding in another way. Whether one of …