Enforcement of Environmental Laws and Regulations

Targeting Enforcement to Improve Compliance with Environmental Regulations

By targeting enforcement efforts on specific segments of the regulated community, greater compliance with environmental regulations can be achieved. In this paper, the inspection minimizing targeting scheme with two groups is derived. Firms are moved at random into the target group, while escape from the target group occurs only when an inspection reveals the firm is in compliance. The optimal ...

A Survey of Midwives’ Knowledge and Attitude towards Gynecologic Laws and Regulations

Abstract: Background and Objectives :  Professional ethics is part of midwifery skills that cannot be separated from it .Midwives must get acquainted with this skill and ethical laws, avoiding at the same time unethical manners. Materials and Methods : This study was cross-sectional survey which examined knowledge and attitude of 101 midwives that had been selected by convenient sampling p...

Private Enforcement of Environmental Regulations in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Effective Instrument for Environmental Management?

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Social Norms and the Enforcement of Laws∗

We examine the interplay between social norms and the enforcement of laws. Agents choose a behavior (e.g., tax evasion, production of low-quality products, corruption, harassing behavior, substance abuse, etc.) and then are randomly matched with another agent. There are complementarities in behaviors so that an agent’s payoff decreases with the mismatch between her behavior and her partner’s, a...

Analyzing the Laws , Regulations , and Policies Affecting