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Independent Commissions, Policy Networks, and Economic Reform: Japan's Fair Trade Commission in Comparative Perspective
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Independent Commission, Policy Networks, and Economic Reform: Japan’s Fair Trade Commission in Comparative Perspective
Kenji Suzuki European Institute of Japanese Studies Stockholm School of Economics
Kenji.## email not listed ##
Prepared for delivery at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 1-4, 2005. Copyright by the American Political Science Association. August 2005 Abstruct With an emphasis on the political aspect of competition policy, the study examines the relational status of the competition authority in the policy network, particularly referring to the case of the Fair Trade Commission of Japan (JFTC). The concept of legitimacy is employed as a key factor in the analysis. JFTC is neither court-based nor ministry-based, formally enjoying strong quasi-judicial power and much independence from other ministries. On the other hand, JFTC has far less legalized legitimacy than its otherwise similar counterpart in Korea, and thus needs more to earn substantial legitimacy to secure its status in the policy network. The reform case in the mid-1970s demonstrated the benefit of the non-ministry framework, but it also shows how difficult it is for JFTC to earn substantial legitimacy. The reform case in the mid-1990s reveals further weaknesses of the current form of governance, which seem to have made it less effective for JFTC to be legitimatized as a powerful entity.
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Independent Commission, Policy Networks, and Economic Reform: Japan’s
Fair Trade Commission in Comparative Perspective
Kenji Suzuki
European Institute of Japanese Studies
Stockholm School of Economics
Kenji.## email not listed ##
Prepared for delivery at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association, September 1-4, 2005. Copyright by the American Political Science
Association.
August 2005
Abstruct
With an emphasis on the political aspect of competition policy, the study examines the
relational status of the competition authority in the policy network, particularly
referring to the case of the Fair Trade Commission of Japan (JFTC). The concept of
legitimacy is employed as a key factor in the analysis. JFTC is neither court-based nor
ministry-based, formally enjoying strong quasi-judicial power and much independence
from other ministries. On the other hand, JFTC has far less legalized legitimacy than
its otherwise similar counterpart in Korea, and thus needs more to earn substantial
legitimacy to secure its status in the policy network. The reform case in the mid-1970s
demonstrated the benefit of the non-ministry framework, but it also shows how difficult
it is for JFTC to earn substantial legitimacy. The reform case in the mid-1990s reveals
further weaknesses of the current form of governance, which seem to have made it less
effective for JFTC to be legitimatized as a powerful entity.
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