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Selfishness As a Potential Cause of Crime. A Prison Experiment
Chmura, Thorsten; Engel, Christoph; Englerth, Markus - Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von … - 2013
For a rational choice theorist, the absence of crime is more difficult to explain than its presence. Arguably, the … explain how imperfect criminal sanctions deter crime. The critical component of the theory is aversion against outperforming … the recipient is a charity. Prisoners give more, not less. …
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Deterrence by Imperfect Sanctions – A Public Good Experiment
Engel, Christoph - Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von … - 2013
Sanctions are often so weak that a money maximizing individual would not be deterred. In this paper I show that they may nonetheless serve a forward looking purpose if sufficiently many individuals are averse against advantageous inequity. Using the Fehr/Schmidt model (QJE 1999) I define three...
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Income effect and altruism
Chowdhury, Subhashish Modak; Jeon, Joo Young - School of Economics, University of East Anglia - 2012
We investigate the consequences of a pure income effect on the altruistic behavior of donors. Inequity aversion theories predict either no effect or a decrease in giving, whereas warm-glow theory predicts an increase in giving with an increase in the common income of donor and receiver....
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Helping the Helpers: Altruism As A Rational Choice of Donors to A Students Voluntary Organization
Cárdenas, Juan-Camilo; Espinosa, Miguel Andrés; … - UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE - 2009
the demand functions for altruism towards this charity, with policy implications related to the optimal design for …
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At the Mercy of the Prisoner Next Door. Using an Experimental Measure of Selfishness as a Criminological Tool
Chmura, Thorsten; Engel, Christoph; Englerth, Markus; … - Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von … - 2010
that reduce the degree of selfishness of their inmates? Using a tried and tested tool from experimental economics, we cast … calls for more refined versions of utility in rational choice theories of crime. Prisoners do not give less than average … improve their marks over time. This suggests that this correctional intervention also reduces selfishness. …
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The People’s Hired Guns? Experimentally Testing the Inclination of Prosecutors to Abuse the Vague Definition of Crimes
Engel, Christoph; Pluta, Alicja - Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von … - 2011
Legal realists expect prosecutors to be selfish. If they get the defendant convicted, this helps them advance their careers. If the odds of winning on the main charge are low, prosecutors have a second option. They can exploit the ambiguity of legal doctrine and charge the defendant for vaguely...
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Words Substitute Fists – Justifying Punishment in a Public Good Experiment
Engel, Christoph; Zhurakhovska, Lilia - Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von … - 2013
Punishees regularly ask for justification. But is justification also effective? To answer this question under controlled conditions, we have conducted a public goods experiment with central punishment. The authority is neutral – she does not benefit from contributions to the public good....
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We Are Not Alone: The Impact of Externalities on Public Good Provision
Engel, Christoph; Rockenbach, Bettina - Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von … - 2009
Public good provision is often local and also affects bystanders. Is provision harder if contributions harm bystanders, and is provision easier if outsiders gain a windfall profit? In an experiment we observe that both positive and negative externalities reduce provision levels whenever actors...
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Goals (th)at Work – Goals, Monetary Incentives, and Workers’ Performance
Goerg, Sebastian; Kube, Sebastian - Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von … - 2012
In a randomized field experiment, we investigate the connection between work goals, monetary incentives, and work performance. Employees are observed in a natural work environment where they have to do a simple, but effort-intense task. Output is perfectly observable and workers are paid for...
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Punishment despite Reasonable Doubt – A Public Goods Experiment with Uncertainty over Contributions
Grechenig, Kristoffel; Nicklisch, Andreas; Thöni, Christian - Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von … - 2010
Under a great variety of legally relevant circumstances, people have to decide whether or not to cooperate, when they face an incentive to defect. The law sometimes provides people with sanctioning mechanisms to enforce pro-social behavior. Experimental evidence on voluntary public good...
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