Discussion Papers no. 680

Lessons from a natural field experiment in Norway

Monitoring and enforcement of environmental regulations

Relying on a small natural field experiment with random assignment of treatments, I estimate effects of three core elements of most monitoring and enforcement practices: self-reporting, audit frequency and specific deterrence. I find evidence of evasive reporting of violations in self-audits, as more violations are detected in on-site audits than in self-audits. Announcing the increased audit frequency has no effect on compliance, but an audit raises the firm’s subsequent compliance substantially.

Om publikasjonen

Tittel

Monitoring and enforcement of environmental regulations. Lessons from a natural field experiment in Norway

Ansvarlig

Kjetil Telle

Serie og -nummer

Discussion Papers no. 680

Utgiver

Statistics Norway

Emne

Discussion Papers

ISSN

1892-753X

Antall sider

26

Målform

Engelsk

Om Discussion Papers

Discussion papers comprise research papers intended for international journals and books. A preprint of a Discussion Paper may be longer and more elaborate than a standard journal article as it may include intermediate calculations, background material etc.

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