*This is the introduction to a symposium on Cynthia Giles’ “Next Generation Compliance: Environmental Regulation for the Modern Era.” For other posts in the series, click here. Regulations on the books can do little good if they are seldom followed. Only if regulations induce compliance—and change the behavior of the businesses and other entities to which […]
*This is the first post on a symposium on Cynthia Giles’ “Next Generation Compliance: Environmental Regulation for the Modern Era.” For other posts in the series, click here. With her new book Next Generation Compliance: Environmental Regulation for the Modern Era, Cynthia Giles offers a comprehensive and uniquely well-informed view of the state of compliance with […]
*This is the second post on a symposium on Cynthia Giles’ “Next Generation Compliance: Environmental Regulation for the Modern Era.” For other posts in the series, click here. Environmental problems are human behavior problems. Thus, designing environmental solutions relies as much on our understanding of how best to change human behavior as it relies on our […]
*This is the third post on a symposium on Cynthia Giles’ “Next Generation Compliance: Environmental Regulation for the Modern Era.” For other posts in the series, click here. No one disputes the central role that enforcement plays in any regulatory regime. In its latest Strategic Plan, the federal Environmental Protection Agency states that “A robust compliance […]
*This is the fourth post on a symposium on Cynthia Giles’ “Next Generation Compliance: Environmental Regulation for the Modern Era.” For other posts in the series, click here. “Let’s decide to learn faster” (p. 277). Cynthia Giles closes the last chapter of Next Generation Compliance with this simple, powerful admonition for improving regulatory performance. Drawing from […]
*This is the fifth post on a symposium on Cynthia Giles’ “Next Generation Compliance: Environmental Regulation for the Modern Era.” For other posts in the series, click here. Next Generation Compliance by Cynthia Giles is a must read for anyone interested in how environmental regulations actually work (or don’t work). Giles’ book is dedicated to identifying […]
*This is the sixth post on a symposium on Cynthia Giles’ “Next Generation Compliance: Environmental Regulation for the Modern Era.” For other posts in the series, click here. Textbook environmental compliance goes a bit like this: After Congress passes a statute, EPA writes rules to set pollution standards, informed by a cost-benefit analysis. Cooperative federalism means […]
*This is the seventh and final post on a symposium on Cynthia Giles’ “Next Generation Compliance: Environmental Regulation for the Modern Era.” For other posts in the series, click here. Anyone involved in the debates about environmental policy knows how uncommon it is for environmental lawyers, economists, and practitioners to agree. So, I am thrilled that […]