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Regulatory Instruments, Strategies and Techniques — Sticks and Carrots

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Contemporary Challenges in Regulating Global Crises

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Essentially, the discussion of regulatory instruments, strategies and techniques is about the contextual application of theory to specific regulatory challenges. The success of regulatory policy will be a pressing measure of selection and implementation.

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Findlay, M. (2013). Regulatory Instruments, Strategies and Techniques — Sticks and Carrots. In: Contemporary Challenges in Regulating Global Crises. International Political Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137009111_3

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