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Žiga Kotnik
Chair of Economics and Public Sector Management, Faculty of Public Administration, University of Ljubljana, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Journal article
Published: 13 August 2020 in Sustainability
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Environmental regulations bring social benefits and contribute to lessening environmental damage. At the same time, due to the rapidly changing and complex environmental legislation, businesses incur costs, including administrative burdens. The article presents quantitative evidence on the factors that affect the compliance costs of environmental regulations. For this purpose, we used a binary model of logistic regression with the following predictors: enterprise characteristics, the relevance of environmental regulations for business operations, and the impact of environmental stimulus measures on compliance costs. The results of the study suggest that medium-sized enterprises are less likely to experience the environmental administrative burden than small enterprises. However, no difference has been found between large and small enterprises. Further, we show that environmental consents are an important determinant of the environmental administrative burden and that financial environmental measures can have a positive impact thereon.

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Žiga Kotnik; Maja Klun; Renata Slabe-Erker. Identification of the Factors That Affect the Environmental Administrative Burden for Businesses. Sustainability 2020, 12, 6555 .

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Žiga Kotnik, Maja Klun, Renata Slabe-Erker. Identification of the Factors That Affect the Environmental Administrative Burden for Businesses. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (16):6555.

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Žiga Kotnik; Maja Klun; Renata Slabe-Erker. 2020. "Identification of the Factors That Affect the Environmental Administrative Burden for Businesses." Sustainability 12, no. 16: 6555.

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Published: 31 December 2018 in Hrvatska i komparativna javna uprava
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This article deals with performance of administrative units as one of the key goals of contemporary public administration reform. Administrative units conduct administrative procedures as their core activity, thus ensuring the protection of the public interest and of individual parties’ rights. The purpose of this article is to determine the efficiency of administrative units in terms of resources and sectoral areas by using selected indicators from administrative statistics, such as the number of applications submitted and decisions issued, the timeframe of decision-making, the share and success of complaints filed, and the like. The administrative statistics used in this article incorporate 58 general administrative units in Slovenia in the period 2004–2015 and provide a case study that may also be relevant for the Eastern European region. Several social research methods are used: a literature review and a normative analysis as a framework for statistical research, as well as the axiological-deontological method to evaluate the situation and suggest improvements. The analysis of time series and correlations of selected indicators from administrative statistics reveal mixed trends over time, including a negative correlation between the number of officials and efficiency. In general, the question is whether the system currently in use to measure efficiency generates the most reliable outcomes. Therefore, the authors call for a redefinition of monitoring and of the indicators of administrative statistics in the European Union in order to enhance good public governance principles, particularly in developing democracies.

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Polona Kovač; Žiga Kotnik. Performance of Authorities in Administrative Procedures. Hrvatska i komparativna javna uprava 2018, 18, 531 -555.

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Polona Kovač, Žiga Kotnik. Performance of Authorities in Administrative Procedures. Hrvatska i komparativna javna uprava. 2018; 18 (4):531-555.

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Polona Kovač; Žiga Kotnik. 2018. "Performance of Authorities in Administrative Procedures." Hrvatska i komparativna javna uprava 18, no. 4: 531-555.

Journal article
Published: 01 June 2018 in NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy
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Public administration (PA) as a discipline and public governance as a closely related concept have been developing constantly and rather rapidly in recent years. A particularly lively progress is characteristic of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), owing to its post-communist legacy and subsequent transition. This paper outlines the mainstream topics of PA development within The NISPAcee Journal, which covers the CEE region and beyond. The principal objective of the paper is to systematically and quantitatively codify a series of text documents that comprises 142 articles published between 2008 and 2016 in The NISPAcee Journal, in order to identify the characteristics of PA development in the region. The paper investigates three hypotheses: first, whether the quality of the articles changed throughout 2008 – 2016; second, whether The NISPAcee Journal attests a multidisciplinary orientation in terms of scientific contributions from different disciplines, and third, whether The NISPAcee Journal reflects the West-East knowledge transfer among PA academia. The three hypotheses were tested against seven analytical dimensions. The research findings reveal that governance is the prevailing cognitive paradigmatic approach of The NISPAcee Journal. Europeanisation is the common thread of almost all articles, with a particular emphasis on the ideological elements of the Neo-Weberian and New Public Management doctrines. Qualitative methodology is still the prevailing research method, and the occurrence of mixed methodology is rare. The topical orientation of the analysed manuscripts is very diverse. A considerable emphasis is placed on the analysis and development of PA as a discipline. The majority of researchers originate from CEE countries and focus their studies on Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the Caucasus. Scientific partnership between the Eastern and the Western academic worlds is still scarce. Given the low level of exchange of best academic practices between Western and Eastern Europe, research results indicate the need for an increased internationalisation of the NISPAcee Journal and a more holistic approach to tackle the future challenges of global and regional PA and public governance more adequately.

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Žiga Kotnik; Polonca Kovač. Development of Public Administration and Governance in Central and Eastern Europe: Content Analysis of The NISPAcee Journal. NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy 2018, 11, 229 -252.

AMA Style

Žiga Kotnik, Polonca Kovač. Development of Public Administration and Governance in Central and Eastern Europe: Content Analysis of The NISPAcee Journal. NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy. 2018; 11 (1):229-252.

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Žiga Kotnik; Polonca Kovač. 2018. "Development of Public Administration and Governance in Central and Eastern Europe: Content Analysis of The NISPAcee Journal." NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy 11, no. 1: 229-252.