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I present a model that explains two common features of regulatory enforcement: selective forgiveness of noncompliance, and the collection of information on a fi rm' s compliance activities and not just its compliance status. I show that forgiving noncompliance is optimal if the information on a...
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We study regulation of the auditing profession in a model where audit quality is unobservable and enforcing regulation …
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sets out an enforcement toolkit for data protection, guided by the paradigm of responsive regulation (that also employs ex …
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We propose and find that enhanced regulatory transparency facilitates alignment between private and public enforcement. Utilizing the SEC's 2004 decision to publicly disclose its comment letters, we explore the actions of a public enforcer (the SEC) and a private enforcer (shareholder...
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Since the global acknowledgement that economic and social rights can be entrenched alongside civil and political rights in domestic constitutions, four dominant models for the judicial enforcement of these rights have emerged: structural injunctions, the minimum core approach, the administrative...
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, drawing on regulatory theory and research in psychology around the factors that motivate compliance with the law. At its heart … lies a thought experiment: what if we created a public copyright regulator, tasked with using a fixed pool of public …, and what tools would they need? Perhaps the insights of regulatory theory can help us break out of a cycle of deterrence …
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for internal control weaknesses, and when to invoke such a penalty. Internal control regulation under manipulation … internal control weaknesses. The optimal regulation takes advantage of this additional deterrence effect by using a very strict … rationalize why the commitment to lenient enforcement of internal control regulation is optimal …
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Regulatory capture can generate significant social and economic costs, particularlyin dangerous occupations. In this article I evaluate whether political influence hasallowed firms to systematically evade safety and health regulations using data from oneof the country’s most dangerous...
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We consider a principal-agent model where the principal can monitor and punish the agent with a fine if the agent is caught being non-compliant. To reduce the probability of being verified, the agent can engage in costly avoidance. We design the optimal regulatory policies with and without avoidance
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