# kaal:claim:2808132-034

**Claim.** A core problem for most regulation is its inaccurate and delayed timing, which follows from the collective action problem of regulation, path dependencies, and political inertia rather than from any single institutional defect.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- most regulation in the existing framework
- regulation that follows business cycles rather than preceding crises

**Source quote.**

> Dynamic elements in rulemaking can help optimize the timing of rule enactment. A core problem for most regulation is its inaccurate and delayed timing. Because of the collective action problem of regulation, path dependencies, and political inertia, among

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, *How to Regulate Disruptive Innovation - From Facts to Data* (2016), IV. Dynamic Regulation as a Regulatory Supplement, page 24

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, How to Regulate Disruptive Innovation - From Facts to Data (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2808132

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**Failure mode.** Inaccurate and delayed regulatory timing  (family: regulatory-lag)

**Topics.** institutional-design, regulatory-failure

**Keywords.** regulatory-timing, collective-action, path-dependency, political-inertia, regulatory-failure

**Related claims.**

- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2740477-030
- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2273857-053
- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2267560-037

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