Motivation for compliance with environmental regulations
By: WINTER, Soren C
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Contributor(s): MAY, Peter.
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ArticlePublisher: 2001Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 20, 4, p. 675-698Abstract: A combination of calculated, normative, and social motivations as well as awareness of rule sand capacity to comply are throught to foster compliance with regulations. Hypotheses about these factors were tested with data concerning Danish farmer`s compliance with agro-environmental regulations. Three key findings emerge: that farmers` awareness of rules plays a critical role; that normative and social motivations are as influential as calculated motivations in enhancing compliance; and that inspectors` enforcement style affects compliance differently from that posited in much of the literature. It was also found that formalism in inspection can be helpful to a point, whitle coercion by inspectors can backfire. Taken together, these findings counter arguments concerning the harm of legalism and the benefits of flexible enforcement. This study contributes to the understanding of factors that shape compliance with social and environmental regulations
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A combination of calculated, normative, and social motivations as well as awareness of rule sand capacity to comply are throught to foster compliance with regulations. Hypotheses about these factors were tested with data concerning Danish farmer`s compliance with agro-environmental regulations. Three key findings emerge: that farmers` awareness of rules plays a critical role; that normative and social motivations are as influential as calculated motivations in enhancing compliance; and that inspectors` enforcement style affects compliance differently from that posited in much of the literature. It was also found that formalism in inspection can be helpful to a point, whitle coercion by inspectors can backfire. Taken together, these findings counter arguments concerning the harm of legalism and the benefits of flexible enforcement. This study contributes to the understanding of factors that shape compliance with social and environmental regulations
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