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REGULATORY POLICY DESIGN: COOPERATIVE VERSUS DETERRENT MANDATES
Author(s) -
May Peter J.,
Handmer JohnW.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
australian journal of public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-8500
pISSN - 0313-6647
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8500.1992.tb01454.x
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , public economics , public administration , political science , business , economics , geography , archaeology
Two forms of regulatory policy design—“cooperative” and “deterrent” designs—are considered in the context of intergovernmental regulation of floodplains. Both types of design entail efforts by higher‐level governments to induce local‐level regulatory efforts. However, the approaches differ in terms of their underlying philosophies and in the extent to which they address local regulatory commitment and capacity. The contrast between the United States and New South Wales policies, and changes over time in the New South Wales policy, illustrate key points about the two types of policy design. The broader significance of this discussion concerns lessons for intergovernmental regulatory policy design.