Nyborg, Karine; Telle, Kjetil - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 2004
It has often been claimed that firms’ compliance to environmental regulations is higher than predicted by standard … theory, a result labeled the “Harrington paradox” in the literature. Enforcement data from Norway presented here appears, at … fined, but still, serious violations seem relatively rare. However, at a closer look, the paradox dissolves: Enforcement of …