Proof beyond a reasonable doubt: Laboratory evidence

We investigate how third-party punishers and potential violators decide under evidentiary uncertainty in a take game. In line with the legal requirement and in contrast to economic models, neither the sanction nor the harm level affects the punishment probability, but the quality of evidence does have an impact. Potential violators' decisions are strongly influenced by the expected punishment probability but not by the level of the sanction.

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Year of publication:	2015
Authors:	Baumann, Florian ; Friehe, Tim
Publisher:	Düsseldorf : Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
Subject:	experiment \| standard of proof \| third-party punishment

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Series:	DICE Discussion Paper ; 181
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
ISBN:	978-3-86304-180-9
Other identifiers:	820982865 [GVK] hdl:10419/108512 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:dicedp:181 [RePEc]
Classification:	K42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law ; D81 - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty ; C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
Source:	EconStor

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