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Safety regulations: compliance study

The effects of transparency, penalty size and business size on safety regulations compliance.

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The effect of transparency, penalty size and business size on safety regulations compliance

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This independent report was produced by Tilburg University, Bonn University and the University of Cambridge on behalf of the Office for Product Safety and Standards. It examines the extent to which the penalties for non-compliance with safety regulations can have unintended effects, depending on whether they are equal or unequal, and whether the information concerning them is accessible or inaccessible. It draws on a compliance study with 666 UK participants, who played the role of the owner of a business manufacturing toys.

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Published 20 September 2021

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