Regulatory Enforcement, Politics, and Institutional Distance: OSHA Inspections 1990-2010
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- K23 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Regulated Industries and Administrative Law
- H73 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Interjurisdictional Differentials and Their Effects
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2012-03-08 (Health Economics)
- NEP-REG-2012-03-08 (Regulation)
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