2017, Vol.26, No.2

Journal of Regulation Studies 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.78

pISSN : 1738-7132
https://journal.kci.go.kr/ksrs2002

This study focuses on exploring the ways of rationalizing quasi-regulation in Korea through comparative research on quasi-regulation among Korea, Australia, and US. Various aspects of quasi-regulation are examined by adopting a research model analyzing major indicators such as inclusion, transparency, accountability, coherence, efficacy, adaptability, efficiency, conformity with public laws, effectiveness, and compliance. The tasks of Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency in Korea, the National Standard for Organic and Biodynamic Produce in Australia, 33/50 Program in US are compared based on the conceptual model. Some implications could be derived from the analysis of quasi-regulation as follows. First, various stake-holders have to be included in decision making and enforcement of quasi-regulation. Second, regular inspection and assessment are needed to monitor whether quasi-regulation agencies are equipped with performance capacity. Third, voluntary compliance should play an important role of achieving performance targets of quasi-regulation

In this paper, we investigate the economic impact of zoning regulation on traditional markets in Korea. We estimate the changes in the amount of sales per square meter of traditional market in urban area by conducting panel DID (difference in differences) analysis. Our results show that the zoning regulation, which is called Traditional Commercial Activity Protection Zones, has contributed to reducing SSM’s entry near traditional market, but not to improving in their actual business performance. In particular, unlike large discount stores, which are identified as clear competitor with traditional markets, we could not find any evidence that the SSMs caused the decline of traditional markets in urban area.

The purpose of this study is, based on the perspective of political economy, to prove that the tendency of the politicians to pursue the self-interest in the process of regulatory legislation. In particular, the existing studies about the influencing factors of the legislative system were reviewed to build research hypotheses and a research model for this study. Since there are not many preliminary studies related to this theme, this research brought the concept from legislative theory in political science. Legislative regulatory monitoring results were used as the analysis data to test the hypotheses. Analysis results confirms that politicians tend to pursue private interest. Despite some limitations, this study reaffirms that the assumption of political economy on politicians is still useful in studying legislative regulation.