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Optimal Policies and the Informal Sector
Cuff, Katherine; Marceau, Nicolas; Mongrain, Steeve; … - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2009
of firm level decisions with optimal government policy. We also find that enforcement may not always be decreasing in its … cost, and that governments will optimally enforce segmentation if enforcement costs are not too high. …
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Who is selling you chiquilitros of gasoline? Evidence from a public disclosure policy
Guerrero, Santiago - 2012
not significant for subsequent months. The paper shows that public disclosure mechanisms can complement enforcement effort …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322555
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A dissolving paradox: Firms' compliance to environmental regulation
Nyborg, Karine; Telle, Kjetil - 2004
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284462
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Taxes, Permits and the Adoption of Abatement Technology under Imperfect Compliance
Villegas, Clara; Coria, Jessica - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2009
incentives and social welfare in the presence of incomplete enforcement and technology adoption. We show that in contrast to … while TEPs induce lower abatement, investment, and expected enforcement costs. Thereby, the overall ranking depends on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005016227
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Optimal prevention when informal penalties matter: The case of medical errors
Grepperud, Sverre - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
. The introduction of informal penalties, if dependent upon formal ones, implies that: (i) the optimal enforcement regime …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025472
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Taxes, Permits, and the Adoptation of Abatement Technology under Imperfect Compliance
Villegas, Clara; Coria, Jessica - 2009
compliance incentives and social welfare in the presence of incomplete enforcement and technology adoption. We show that if the … TEPs induce lower abatement, investment, and expected enforcement costs. Therefore, the overall ranking depends on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010541863
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Who is Selling You Chiquilitros of Gasoline? Evidence From a Public Disclosure Policy
Guerrero, Santiago - Banco de México - 2012
not significant for subsequent months. The paper shows that public disclosure mechanisms can complement enforcement effort …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010551006
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Should You Turn Yourself In? The Consequences of Environmental Self-Policing
Stafford, Sarah L. - Department of Economics, College of William & Mary - 2006
whether self-policing reduces future enforcement activity. Using data on U.S. hazardous waste enforcement and disclosures, I … results suggest that facilities may be able to strategically disclose in order to decrease future enforcement. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005168567
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A dissolving paradox: Firms’ compliance to environmental regulation
Nyborg, Karine; Telle, Kjetil - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 2004
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652276
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Enforcement of pollution levies in China
Lin, Liguo - In: Journal of Public Economics 98 (2013) C, pp. 32-43
This paper investigates how industrial plants react to inspections conducted by environmental authorities under the pollution levy (taxation) regulation in China. Contrary to studies in the United States and Canada (Magat and Viscusi, 1990; Laplante and Rilstone, 1996), and previous studies in China...
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