1. The Desirability of forgiveness in regulatory enforcement.
- Author
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Malik, Arun
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ECONOMIC models ,BUSINESS enterprises ,LAW enforcement ,PROBABILITY theory ,NONCOMPLIANCE - Abstract
I present a model that explains two common features of regulatory enforcement: selective forgiveness of noncompliance, and the collection of information on a firm's compliance activities and not just its compliance status. I show that forgiving noncompliance is optimal if the information on a firm's compliance activities constitutes sufficiently strong evidence of the firm having exerted a high level of compliance effort. The key benefit of forgiving noncompliance is a reduction in the probability with which the firm needs to be monitored. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2014
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