Regulatory Enforcement, Politics, and Institutional Distance: OSHA Inspections 1990-2010
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No . 2012 - 02 Regulatory Enforcement , Politics , and Institutional Distance : OSHA Inspections 1990 - 2010
Using a dataset of over 1.6 million inspections by the Occupational Safety and Health Agency (OSHA) from 1990 through 2010, we explore the determinants of inspection and enforcement outcomes. OSHA is an institutionally split agency, with the federal agency conducting inspections in 25 states and state agencies conducting inspections in the remaining 25. The geographic variety and range over 21 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: SSRN Electronic Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2001203