Faculty & Research Working Papers Environment Facet Area of Focus - Working Papers Benjamin Castleman Edgar O. Olsen Adam Leive Craig Volden Daniel W. Player Daphna Bassok Sophie Trawalter (-) Jay Shimshack Facet People - Working Papers Facet UVA Partner - Working Papers Environment 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? Learn more Disaster Preparedness and Disaster Response: Evidence from Sales of Emergency Supplies Before and After Hurricanes Authors: Jay Shimshack, Thomas K.M. Beatty, Richard J. Volpe Government information warns households to acquire emergency supplies as hurricanes threaten and directs households to stay off roads after hurricanes make landfall. Do households follow this advice? Learn more Environment 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. Learn more
Environment 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? Learn more
Disaster Preparedness and Disaster Response: Evidence from Sales of Emergency Supplies Before and After Hurricanes Authors: Jay Shimshack, Thomas K.M. Beatty, Richard J. Volpe Government information warns households to acquire emergency supplies as hurricanes threaten and directs households to stay off roads after hurricanes make landfall. Do households follow this advice? Learn more
Environment 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. Learn more