Monitoring is typically included in economic models of crime thanks to a probability of detection, constant across individuals. We build on recent results in psychology to argue that comparative optimism deeply affects this standard relation. To this matter, we introduce an experiment involving...

Over the past few decades behavioral economics and experimental economics have received increasing attention among economists. In this paper, we show how laboratory experiments provide useful tools for the evaluation of labor market programs. We present a general framework and two examples to...

Over the past two decades, experimental economics has moved from a fringe activity to become a standard tool for empirical research. With experimental economics now regarded as part of the basic tool-kit for applied economics, this book demonstrates how controlled experiments can be a useful in...