Privatization of Building Code Enforcement: A Comparative Study of Regimes in Australia and Canada

International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, 2 (1), 60-75

17 Pages Posted: 21 Jan 2013

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Jeroen van der Heijden

Victoria University of Wellington, School of Government; Australian National University, School of Regulation & Global Governance (RegNet)

Date Written: January 21, 2013

Abstract

This paper documents the effects of the privatisation of building code enforcement regimes. It notes that privatization is generally accompanied by trade-offs between competing democratic values such as effectiveness, efficiency, accountability and equity and explores the extent to which particular trade-offs might be related to aspects of the design of the regimes in which they occur.

Keywords: regulatory regime, regulatory enforcement, local government reform, comparative policy analysis

JEL Classification: D7

Suggested Citation

van der Heijden, Jeroen, Privatization of Building Code Enforcement: A Comparative Study of Regimes in Australia and Canada (January 21, 2013). International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, 2 (1), 60-75, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2204174 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2204174

Jeroen Van der Heijden (Contact Author)

Victoria University of Wellington, School of Government ( email )

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Australian National University, School of Regulation & Global Governance (RegNet) ( email )

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Australia

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