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Magnus, Jan R.; van soest, arthur; Douhou, S. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2010

Violations of social norms can be costly to society and they are, in the case of large crimes, followed by prosecution. Minor misbehaviors — small crimes — do not usually result in legal proceedings. Although the economic consequences of a single small crime can be low, such crimes generate...

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Preventing Crime through Selective Incapacitation

Vollaard, B.A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2010

Making the length of a prison sentence conditional on an individual’s offense history is shown to be a powerful way of preventing crime. Under a law adopted in the Netherlands in 2001, prolific offenders could be sentenced to a prison term that was some ten times longer than usual. We exploit...

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Local Control : An Educational Model of Private Enforcement of Public Rules

Kosfeld, M.; Huck, S. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1998

behavior. Instead, we analyze a system of what we call local control (LC), where the enforcement of punishment lies in the … executed and threatened punishment. Agents maximize their payoffs and underlie a constant drift towards not controlling others …. If the educational impact of control is too weak LC breaks down. Moreover, there exists a non{monotonic punishment effect …

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Legal Institutions and Economic Development

Beck, Thorsten - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2010

Legal institutions are critical for the development of market-based economies. This paper defines legal institutions and discusses different indicators to measure their quality and efficiency. It surveys a large historical and empirical literature showing the importance of legal institutions in...

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Impact of the Financial Crisis

Vriesendorp, R.D.; Gramatikov, M.A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2010

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Cannabis Use and Support for Cannabis Legalization

van Ours, Jan; Palali, A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2014

We investigate the determinants of the support for cannabis legalizationfinding a causal effect of personal experience with cannabis use. Current and past cannabis users are more in favor of legalization. We relate this to self-interest and inside information about potential dangers of cannabis...

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The Long and Winding Road to Cannabis Legalization

van Ours, Jan - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2011

In almost all countries supply, distribution and use of cannabis is prohibited. Nevertheless, cannabis is the most popular illicit drug. Prohibition does not seem to work. The debate on legalization of cannabis is often emotional with strong views of both proponents and opponents but ignorance...

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The Power of a Bad Example – A Field Experiment in Household Garbage Disposal (Revision of CentER DP 2013-018)

Dur, R.; Vollaard, B.A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2013

Abstract: Field-experimental studies have shown that people litter more in more littered environments.Inspired by these findings, many cities around the world have adopted policies to quickly remove litter. While such policies may avoid that people follow the bad example of litterers, they may...

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Does the Fiscal Decentralization Promote Public Safety? Evidence from United States

Ligthart, J.E.; Rider, M.; Wang, R. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2013

Abstract Abstract This paper empirically investigates the effect of fiscal decentralization on public safety, which is widely taken as an important issue in evaluating the performance of public service. In addition, we provide evidence to the transmission channels of the decentralization effect....

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Peer Reporting and the Perception of Fairness

Magnus, Jan R.; van soest, arthur; Douhou, S. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2011

Economic motives are not the only reasons for committing a (small) crime. People consider social norms and perceptions of fairness before judging a situation and acting upon it. If someone takes a bundle of printing paper from the office for private use at home, then a colleague who sees this...

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