In recent years, cases in which state governments chose to override federal environmental regulation with tighter … paper argues that this change arose at least in part because of a shift in the type of regulation used at the federal level …, from command-and-control regulation toward more incentive-based regulation. Under an incentive-based federal regulation, a …

results suggest reformed incentives for third-party auditors can improve their reporting and make regulation more effective …

Can patent protection and product market competition complement each other in enhancing incentives to innovate? In this …

incentives and limits of hard information verifiability. Using unique data where loans are based on hard information, and loan …

"Using a comprehensive database of firms in Western and Eastern Europe, we study how the business environment in a …

Using a comprehensive database of firms in Western and Eastern Europe, we study how the business environment in a …