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Research Literature

This page provides links to literature summaries of compliance-related books and articles written primarily by academic researchers that address a broad range of compliance and environmental behavior topics, including:

 

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Compliance Literature Search Results - Citations to Over Two Hundred Compliance-Related Articles From 1999-2007 (PDF) (EPA-300B07001) (96 pp, 1,009.10K)
Provides citations to 215 compliance-related books and articles written between 1999 and 2007 that address the compliance and environmental behavior topics mentioned above.

Compliance Information Project Literature Summaries (PDF) (EPA-300-R-99-002) (86 pp, 1.07M)
Provides citations to compliance-related books and articles written before and up to 1999 that address the compliance and environmental behavior topics mentioned above.

Monitoring, Enforcement, & Environmental Compliance: Understanding Specific & General Deterrence (PDF) (47 pp, 509.15K)
 Prepared October 2007 by Prof. Jay P. Shimshack of Tufts University under contract to  EPA (EP07H001637), this report reviews research on the state of science in environmental deterrence measurement and develops findings and recommendations based on technical feasibility, without assessing implementation costs.

Measuring Compliance Assistance Outcomes – State of Science and Practice White Paper (PDF) (94 pp, 638.4K)
Prepared December 2007 by Dr. Shelley Metzenbaum, Director, Environmental Compliance Consortium, under contract to EPA (EP07H002309), this report reviews research on the state of science in compliance assistance outcome measurement and develops findings and recommendations based on technical feasibility, without assessing implementation costs.

For access to other compliance and enforcement publications by topic, please review our publications. For legal documents please review our policy and guidance.

EPA welcomes comments on the literature cited in the reports, and how to make future literature searches more useful. If you are aware of new or additional compliance research we encourage you to bring it to EPA’s attention for future consideration as described in the Compliance Literature Search Results document.

Promoting good environmental behavior and compliance is at the heart of EPA’s mission, and is a key element of the 2006-2011 EPA Strategic Plan in Goal 5: Compliance and Environmental Stewardship (PDF) (20 pp, 1.1M).

EPA, together with our state and tribal partners, is responsible for assuring compliance with the nation’s environmental laws and for promoting an environmental stewardship ethic whereby firms and individuals strive to exceed regulatory requirements. Government’s interest in promoting these outcomes is shared by a wide range of stakeholders, including industry, environmental groups, academia, other non-governmental organizations, and the public. Success in these efforts is facilitated by the dissemination and consideration of behavioral and compliance research results such as those presented in the resources on this page.

 

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