This paper examines the impact of procedural justice and sanctions on police legitimacy in a middle-income context … concludes that, while sanctions deter repeated infractions, they can erode legitimacy if not applied respectfully, highlighting …

legitimacy of organizational structure. To this end, we design a laboratory experiment in which we exogenously manipulate the … organizational structure in a way that leaves the incentives of all individuals unaffected, but changes the perceived legitimacy of … incentive effects and that the observed changes are significantly associated with changes in perceived legitimacy. …