This paper studies the general deterrence effect associated with regulatory enforcement actions, using data on the quality violations and regulatory enforcement records of all 141,290 active drinking water systems in the U.S. between 1980 and 2017. We find that general deterrence among drinking...

This paper studies the general deterrence effect associated with regulatory enforcement actions, using data on the quality violations and regulatory enforcement records of all 141,290 active drinking water systems in the U.S. between 1980 and 2017. We find that general deterrence among drinking...

The economic growth and development of China during the past 35 years has been associated with profound impacts on the well-being of the Chinese people, on patterns of global trade and prices of manufactured goods, and on industrial location within China itself. Many would view China's...