We use a laboratory experiment to test the impacts of uncertainty, the magnitude of fines and aversion against making …

able to emerge to internalize the externalities that caused the private system to generate too little deterrence. The model …

interaction between publicly and privately provisioned crime deterrence efforts. …

This paper reports results from an experiment studying how fines, leniency programs and reward schemes for …: subjects use costly fines as (altruistic) punishments. Leniency further increases deterrence, but stabilizes surviving cartels …, deterrence is unaffected but prices grow. Differences between treatments in Stockholm and Rome suggest culture may affect optimal …

Becker’s analysis of crime and punishment has initiated a series of theoretical and empirical works investigating the … address this deficiency. The paper investigates the relative impact of deterrence variables (load on police force, arrest … endogeneity. The results show that both deterrence and socioeconomic factors are important in explaining crime rates. However …

defense policy in the rational framework of deterrence strategy. I chose the evolutionary game theory approach as my research … method. My study yielded the following result: the deterrence is not stable when the aggression level of the defenders is … substantial number of supporters who hoped to restore the deterrence. This study concludes that the Israelis exhibited strong …