Using the institutional grammar tool to understand regulatory compliance: The case of Colorado aquaculture

Regulation and Governance

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-188

  Siddiki, Saba ^a   Basurto, Xavier ^b   Weible, Christopher M ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Deconstructing rules; Institutional grammar tool; Q Sort; Regulatory compliance; Regulatory design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861915916     PISSN: 17485983     EISSN: 17485991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5991.2012.01132.x     Document Type: Article

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