NDLI: Effectiveness of regulatory interventions on firm behavior: a randomized field experiment with e-commerce firms

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Huizingh, Eelko Mulder, Machiel
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Economic regulators use various instruments to stimulate SMEs to change their behavior, but limited evidence exists on the effectiveness of such interventions. We analyze the effectiveness of three ways of providing e-commerce firms guidance about the legal rules on information disclosure. The initial non-compliance is considerable. In two interventions, firm-specific guidance is given by post mail and by e-mail, respectively; in another intervention, guidance on industry level is given by means of dedicated publications and presentations. In all cases, the guidance was given on behalf of the regulatory authority. The effectiveness of the firm-specific guidance is measured through a randomized field experiment, while for the industry guidance a panel analysis is conducted. We find that sending the firms a letter by post mail slightly improved firm compliance, but overall the various forms of guidance appear to be ineffective. Although information-related interventions are commonly used in practice, such regulatory interventions can fail to influence the behavior of SMEs.
Starting Page	825
Ending Page	840
Page Count	16
File Format	PDF
ISSN	0921898X
Journal	Small Business Economics
Volume Number	45
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15730913
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2015-07-02
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	E-commerce Regulation Consumer protection Effectiveness Field experiment Management Microeconomics Entrepreneurship Industrial Organization
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Economics and Econometrics Business, Management and Accounting

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