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Judicial Error by Groups and Individuals

Dijk, Frans van; Sonnemans, Joep H.; Bauw, Ed - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012

This discussion paper resulted in an article in the 'Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization' (2014). Volume 108, pages 224-235. In criminal cases judges evaluate and combine probabilistic evidence to reach verdicts. Unavoidably, errors are made, resulting in unwarranted conviction or...

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Status-Seeking in Violent Subcultures and the Double Dividend of Zero-Tolerance

Dur, Robert - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006

This discussion paper has led to a publication in the Journal of Public Economic Theory, 15(1), 77-93. This paper develops a model in which individuals gain social status among their peers for being 'tough' by committing violent acts. We show that a high penalty for moderately violent acts...

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Structural Intervention Time Series Analysis of Crime Rates: The Impact of Sentence Reform in Virginia

Vujic, Suncica; Commandeur, Jacques; Koopman, Siem Jan - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012

We adopt a structural time series analysis to investigate the impact of parole abolition and sentence reform in Virginia on reported crime rates. The Commonwealth of Virginia abolished parole and reformed sentencing for all felony offences committed on or after January 1, 1995. To examine the...

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The Behavioral Impact of Emotions in a Power to take Game: An Experimental Study

Bosman, Ronald; Winden, Frans A.A.M. van - Tinbergen Instituut - 1999

punishment behavior. (3) Thereare discontinuous “jumps” in the behavior of responders. They either chooseno punishment (destroy … nothing) or the highest level of punishment (destroyeverything). (4) Expectations have a significant effect on the … probabilityof punishment but not on the intensity of experienced emotion. We explainthis last result in terms of norm …

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Negative Reciprocity and the Interaction of Emotions and Fairness Norms

Reuben, Ernesto; Winden, Frans van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005

punishment for an unkind action. It also studies how fairness perceptions affect the reaction to punishment and whether this …

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The Importance of Emotions for the Effectiveness of Social Punishment

Hopfensitz, Astrid; Reuben, Ernesto - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005

anger, ‘social’ emotions like shame and guilt need to be present for punishment to be an effective deterrent of …

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The Design of (De)centralized Punishment Institutions for Sustaining Co-operation

Kosfeld, Michael; Riedl, Arno - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004

difference between them concerns the question of “who punishes”. In the first approach, punishment is executed by the group … members themselves individually, i.e., punishment is decentral in nature. The second approach is based on the idea that … individuals may be willing to delegate the punishment to a central, external authority. The key questions to answered are, whether …

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Does Stake Size matter for Cooperation and Punishment?

Kocher, Martin G.; Martinsson, Peter; Visser, Martine - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006

The effects of stake size on cooperation and punishment are investigated using a public goods experiment. We find that … an increase in stake size does neither significantly affect cooperation nor, interestingly, the level of punishment. …

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