What Public Comments During Rulemaking Do (and Why)
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DOI: 10.1177/1532673x231175686
Abstract: Public comments on proposed federal regulations are thought to influence bureaucratic policy choices, but why? While reelection incentives give politicians straightforward reasons for catering to public preferences, regulators lack similarly direct incentives to accede to… read more here.
Keywords: comments rulemaking; policy; public comments;