financial incentive to do so and others continually violate environmental regulations. This paper examines data on compliance … increases the probability of over-compliance. Local community has a positive impact on over-compliance however the magnitude of …

regulation differs based on differences across firms in compliance behavior and/or differences across states in industry … between regulatory stringency and three factors: the firm's overall compliance rate, a Herfindahl index of industry … compliance rates, suggesting that low compliance rates are due to high compliance costs, not low compliance benefits. The …

We run a large-scale natural field experiment to evaluate alternative strategies to enforce compliance with the law … mailings, leading to a substantial increase in compliance. Among different mailing conditions a legal threat that stresses a … information about others' behavior enhances compliance. However, the information condition has a positive effect in municipalities …

We run a large-scale natural field experiment to evaluate alternative strategies to en- force compliance with the law … mailings, leading to a substantial increase in compliance. Among different mailing conditions a legal threat that stresses a … information about others' behavior enhances compliance. However, the information condition has a positive effect in municipalities …

-based liability. In this paper, we study the determinants of compliance when in addition to standard economic incentives wrongdoers …

We run a large-scale natural field experiment to evaluate alternative strategies to enforce compliance with the law … mailings, leading to a substantial increase in compliance. Among different mailing conditions a legal threat that stresses a … information about others' behavior enhances compliance. However, the information condition has a positive effect in municipalities …

We run a large-scale natural field experiment to evaluate alternative strategies to enforce compliance with the law … mailings, leading to a substantial increase in compliance. Among different mailing conditions a legal threat that stresses a … information about others' behavior enhances compliance. However, the information condition has a positive effect in municipalities …