Trust of Private Businesses in State Regulatory Enforcement Authorities

Occupation: lead researcher
Affiliation: Center of Public Administration Technologies, Institute of Applied Economic Studies, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Address: Russian Federation, 82 Vernadsky prosp., Moscow, 119571

Vladimir Yuzhakov

Occupation: director
Affiliation: Center of Public Administration Technologies, Institute of Applied Economic Studies, RANEPA, Moscow, Russia
Address: Russian Federation, 82 Vernadsky prosp., Moscow, 119571

Andrey Pokida

Occupation: director
Affiliation: Center of Social and Political Monitoring, Institute of Public Sciences, RANEPA
Address: Russian Federation, 82 Vernadsky prosp., Moscow, 119571

Journal name

Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya

Edition

Issue 5

Pages

49-59

Abstract

Trust to public institutes is an important driver of public policy effectiveness in various areas. In literature it is common to analyze trust in government or certain public institutions by total population. However, such indicator may not reflect the specifics of certain groups. This article based on sociological survey conducted in 2021 evaluates the trust in state regulatory control bodies by representatives of private businesses. It is demonstrated that the trust in state regulatory enforcement authorities on the part of businesses who had experience in interacting with such bodies is higher compared to the one measured for total population. The gap is explained by the fact that business trust is influenced by perceptions of personal experience in dealing with state regulatory enforcement bodies, performance and integrity of these authorities. Noteworthy, business trust in state regulatory enforcement bodies is also correlated with perceptions of quality of regulations which are the subject for inspections by the authorities in question.

Keywords

business, trust, inspection, regulatory enforcement authorities, regulation, risks of harm, sociological survey

Acknowledgment

The article was funded by the state assignment on research and development studies to RANEPA.

Received

21.02.2022

Publication date

21.06.2022

Number of characters

28107

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GOST	Dobrolyubova E., Yuzhakov V., Pokida A. Trust of Private Businesses in State Regulatory Enforcement Authorities // Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya – 2022. – Issue 5 C. 49-59 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/socis/s013216250018750-8-1-en (circulation date: 29.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013216250018750-8
MLA	Dobrolyubova, Elena, Yuzhakov, Vladimir, Pokida, Andrey "Trust of Private Businesses in State Regulatory Enforcement Authorities." Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya 5 (2022):49-59. DOI: 10.31857/S013216250018750-8
APA	Dobrolyubova E., Yuzhakov V., Pokida A. (2022). Trust of Private Businesses in State Regulatory Enforcement Authorities. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya (5), pp.49-59 DOI: 10.31857/S013216250018750-8

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