of punishment. This paper presents the first controlled experiment to study a third important factor that has been mainly … will be punished is dissolved and the timing at which the punishment is actually imposed, as well as the combination …: either no delay (immediate resolution and immediate punishment) or maximum delay (both resolution and punishment as much as …

issues in a theory-guided lab experiment. Easily attainable (“belief-based”) protection indeed leads to more reports, both …

Direct experience of a peer’s punishment might make non-punished peers reassess the probability and consequences of … facing punishment and hence induce a change in their behavior. We test this mechanism in a setting, China, in which we … observe the reactions to the same peer’s punishment by listed firms with different incentives to react - state …

contributions mechanism with punishment (VCMP). We eliminate ‘dynamic economic linkages’ between the two stages of our ‘modified …

Research examining the effect of weak punishment on conformity indicates that punishment can backfire and lead to … of social norms and their interplay with weak punishment in the context of a trust game. Across six conditions, we … systematically vary the combination of existence of weak punishment and norm information. Norm information may refer either to what …

Understanding corruption is at the heart of treating the dysfunctionality of many countries' public sectors. Yet, most … corruption research suffers from one common problem: There is no "objective" measure of public-sector corruption for a cross …-section of countries. Most studies on the determinants or the effects of corruption rely on indicators of corruption perception …

Using an incentivized online classroom experiment, we assess the effectiveness of deontological vs. consequentialist … deontological moral reminder (“corruption is immoral”) leads to a significant reduction in accepting bribes. A consequentialist … experiment was conducted before and after the unexpected announcement by pharmaceutical companies BioNTech and Pfizer on November …