Subject area of regulatory impact assessment in Russia and in the world: similarities and differences

The effectiveness of state policy depends on the quality of the adopted normative legal acts. An important tool for assessing legislation is the assessment of regulatory impact, which makes it possible to consider the impact of legal documents on various spheres of the economy and public life. The study examines the history of the formation of the regulatory impact assessment in world and Russian coordinates. Based on the peculiarities of the development of regulatory impact assessment in different countries, the authors identify the specifics of the subject area of regulatory impact assessment in Russia and in the world as a whole. Within the framework of the scientific research, retrospective and comparative research methods were used. Based on the results of the analysis of world and Russian practice, the authors of the regulatory impact assessment conclude that the formation of the subject area of this institution was greatly influenced by the federal structure of the Russian Federation, which formed the basis for the addition and expansion of the subject area at the regional level.