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The idea behind regulatory experimentation is that in a rapidly changing environment, where authorities cannot know in advance all underlying complexities, new rules can fail, hence it is better to adopt a trial-and- error approach (Poncibò & Zoboli, 2022) that allows them to make better informed decisions.