Responsive Regulation and Compliance

Project Overview

The common and most fundamental goal of regulation is to make more regulated entities comply. This means that regulation is not a one-sided action of state power, but, at least, a two-way action. Regulatory frontline is where the state's enforcement power encounters individual citizens. Depending on the extent to which state power feels thoughtful or oppressive, individuals and businesses will also have different attitudes towards the authorities. Authorities would work hard to make more people trust them, mainly because the more people are committed or capitulated to the purpose of regulation, the more effective and efficient regulation could be. However, some countries, such as Korea, still fall short of perspectives that see regulation as a process, awareness of the need for effective enforcement strategies, and attention to motivational postures of citizens and businesses. This study aims to fill these gaps and find ways to root out a complier-centred, responsive regulatory strategy.

Work in Progress

• Why People Comply with Covid-19 Social Distancing: Evidence from South Korea
  with S. Kim & J. Lee

• Motivational Posture and Compliance with Covid-19 Social Distancing
  with S. Kim

• Assuring Social Distancing through Regulatory Intermediaries: The Role of SMEs in deterring Covid-19
  with S. Kim and J. Lee

• Deploying Discretion for Regulatory Partnership: The Role of Street-level Bureaucrats in the Fight against Covid-19
  with S. Kim

• Dealing with Vaccine Hesitancy: Evidence from a Survey Experiment?”
  with S. Kim