The public management of risk: Separating ex ante and ex post monitors
Journal article: When a firm undertakes risky activities, the conflict between social and private incentives to implement safety care requires public intervention which can take the form of both monetary incentives and also ex ante or ex post monitoring, i.e., before or after an accident occurs. We delineate the optimal scope of monitoring depending on whether public monitors are benevolent or corruptible. We show that separating the ex ante and the ex post monitors increases the likelihood of ex post investigation, helps prevent capture and improves welfare.
Author(s)
David Martimort, Yolande Hiriart, Jérôme Pouyet
Journal
- Journal of Public Economics
Date of publication
- 2010
Keywords JEL
Keywords
- Risk regulation
- Monitoring
- Capture
- Integration and separation
Pages
- 1008-1019
URL of the HAL notice
Version
- 1
Volume
- 94