Working Paper
Costly Sanctions and the Treatment of Frequent Violators in Regulatory Settings
Authors: Jay Shimshack, Michael B. Ward
Regulators typically treat frequent violators more harshly. When does such harsh treatment maximize overall compliance?
Working Paper
Environment Spillovers: Lessons from Strategic Interactions in Regulation and Product Markets
Authors: Jay Shimshack, Mary Evans, Scott Gilpatric
We explore enforcement spillovers - when sanctions at one entity influence behavior at other entities. Our model illustrates when spillovers arise from a regulatory channel and when they arise from a channel not previously emphasized: product markets.