A positive economic model of regulatory enforcement is developed th at allows the agency to use both legal and informal methods to gain compliance with the law. The paper fills a gap in the economic literature on regulation by developing and testing a model of enforcement. It also provides a theoretical framework for the recent empirical work of political scientists and sociologists on enforcement practices.
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