Regulation by Shaming: Deterrence Effects of Publicizing Violations of Workplace Safety and Health Laws
研究美国职业安全与健康管理局（OSHA）公开企业违规行为对合规的威慑效应，发现一篇新闻稿的合规改善效果相当于210次额外检查，且企业改善合规是为了避免工人代价高昂的反应。
Publicizing firms’ socially undesirable actions may enhance firms’ incentives to avoid such actions. In 2009, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) began issuing press releases about facilities that violated safety and health regulations. Using quasi-random variation arising from a cutoff rule OSHA followed, I find that publicizing a facility’s violations led other facilities to substantially improve their compliance and experience fewer occupational injuries. OSHA would need to conduct 210 additional inspections to achieve the same improvement in compliance as achieved with a single press release. Evidence suggests that employers improve compliance to avoid costly responses from workers.