The ambition to improve regulators' responsiveness to regulatees has been the driving force of two of the most influential theories in regulation in the past decades: responsive regulation (RR) and behavioral public policy (BPP). Yet despite their substantial impact and shared ambitions, RR and BPP have rarely intersected. In this paper, we explore the intellectual evolution of RR and BPP and compare their differences in assumptions, methodology, and prescriptions. We argue that these differences can be leveraged to promote both theories and generate a synthesis – behavioral responsive regulation (BRR) – that surpasses its progenitors in helping to understand and improve regulation. We offer an expanded regulatory pyramid for BRR and illustrate the advantages of our approach in many contexts and particularly through the example of taxation. Finally, we argue that BRR promotes the effectiveness, efficiency, and legitimacy of regulation and is superior in these dimensions to both RR and BPP.

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行为响应性监管：将响应性监管和行为公共政策结合起来

在过去的几十年里，提高监管者对被监管者的反应能力的雄心是两个最有影响力的监管理论的驱动力：响应性监管 (RR) 和行为公共政策 (BPP)。然而，尽管 RR 和 BPP 有着巨大的影响和共同的抱负，但它们很少有交集。在本文中，我们探索了 RR 和 BPP 的智力演变，并比较了它们在假设、方法和处方方面的差异。我们认为，可以利用这些差异来推广这两种理论并产生一种综合——行为反应调节 (BRR)——在帮助理解和改进监管方面超越其前身。我们为 BRR 提供了一个扩展的监管金字塔，并说明了我们方法在许多情况下的优势，特别是通过税收的例子。