Industry, Regulatory Capture and Transnational Standard Setting

Standard setting in medical education: fundamental concepts and emerging challenges

  The process of determining the minimum pass level to separate the competent students from those who do not perform well enough is called standard setting. A large number of methods are widely used to set cut-scores for both written and clinical examinations. There are some challenging issues pertaining to any standard setting procedure. Ignoring these concerns would result in a large dispute ...

Standard-setting and Environment

Tripartism: Regulatory Capture and Empowerment

The features of regulatory encounters that foster the evolution of cooperation often also encourage the evolution of capture and corruption. Solutions to the problems of capture and cmption-limiting discretion, multipleindustry rather than single-industry agency jurisdiction, and rotating personnel-inhibit the evolution of cooperation. Tripartism+mpowering public interest groups-is advanced as ...

The Federal Banking Regulators: Agency Capture, Regulatory Failure, And Industry Collapse During The 2008 Financial Crisis

THE FEDERAL BANKING REGULATORS: AGENCY CAPTURE, REGULATORYFAILURE, AND INDUSTRY COLLAPSE DURING THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISISbyJUSTIN REXAugust 2013Advisor: Dr. Marjorie Sarbaugh-ThompsonMajor: Political ScienceDegree: Doctor of Philosophy This dissertation examines the process of agency capture at four federal bank regulatoryagencies leading up to the 2008 finan...

Criterion Item Standard Setting

A method for establishing a minimum passing standard for a multiple choice test is described. The procedure is based on expert judgment about the content of test items. The method can also be used to monitor or adjust a standard that is already in place. The procedure carries advantages that are not available from other approaches to standard setting. It is easy to implement and easy for partic...