"Reach for the sky": modeling the impact of policy stringency on industrial dynamics in the case of the REACH regulation

Creators: Brouillat, Eric; Saint Jean, Maïder; Arfaoui, Nabila

Others:: Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée (GREThA) ; Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion (GREDEG) ; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS) ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)

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An agent-based model is developed as an explorative tool to investigate how the REACH regulation can help bring safer substitutes to the market. An illustration is given with the case of bisphenol-A used in food packaging. The modeling exercise enables an analysis of long-term effects of REACH on innovation and industrial dynamics caused by misfits likely to emerge between objective and perceived stringency of regulation as well as misfits related to divergent perceptions between suppliers and clients.

"Reach for the sky": modeling the impact of policy stringency on industrial dynamics in the case of the REACH regulation

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