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Punitive police? : agency costs, law enforcement, and criminal procedure
Dharmapala, Dhammika; Garoupa, Nuno; McAdams, Richard H. - 2015 - Revised version: April 2015
develop an agency model of police behavior that emphasizes intrinsic motivation and self-selection. Drawing on experimental … evidence on punishment preferences, in which subjects reveal a heterogeneous preference for punishing wrongdoers, our model … identifies circumstances in which “punitive” individuals (with stronger-than-average punishment preferences) will self …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010509622
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Black sheep or scapegoats? : implementable monitoring policies under unobservable levels of misbehavior
Buechel, Berno; Mühlheußer, Gerd - 2014
An authority delegates a monitoring task to an agent. It can only observe the number of detected offenders, but neither the monitoring intensity chosen by the agent nor the resulting level of misbehavior. We provide a necessary and sufficient condition for the implementability of monitoring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010256706
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Why people obey the law : experimental evidence from the provision of public goods
Feld, Lars P.; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2002
According to economists, severe legal sanctions deter violations of the law. According to legal scholars, people may obey law backed by mild sanctions because of norm-activation. We experimentally investigate the effects of mild and severe legal sanctions in the provision of public goods. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408944
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Swiftness and delay of punishment
Dušek, Libor; Traxler, Christian - 2024
This paper studies how the swiftness and delay of punishment affect behavior. Using rich administrative data from … beliefs, as reflected in our survey. Yet, we document large mechanical benefits of swift punishment and provide a theoretical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014464145
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Is the severity of the penalty an effective deterrent? : a strategic approach for the crime of tax evasion
Chiarini, Bruno; Marzano, Elisabetta - 2016
attempts to increase the severity of punishment will alter the payoff of the individuals involved, leaving unchanged the … the certainty of punishment and the ability of the government to enforce it. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011544186
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Econometric estimates of deterrence of the death penalty : facts or ideology?
Kirchgässner, Gebhard - 2011
In 2007, the Wall Street Journal published an article claiming that each execution saves more than 70 lives. This example is used to show how easy it is, using simple or advanced econometric techniques, to produce results that do or do not support the deterrence hypothesis. Moreover, we also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009127786
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The economics of terrorism and counter-terrorism : a survey (Part I)
Schneider, Friedrich; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2010
This survey provides an in-depth analysis of existing research on the economic analysis of terrorism and counter-terrorist measures. First the existing evidence on the causes of terrorism is analyzed, then we consider the evidence of the consequences of terrorism and we demonstrate why it is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003956021
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The economics of terrorism and counter-terrorism : a survey (Part II)
Schneider, Friedrich; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2010
This survey provides an in-depth analysis of existing research on the economic analysis of terrorism and counter-terrorist measures. First the existing evidence on the causes of terrorism is analyzed, then we consider the evidence of the consequences of terrorism and we demonstrate why it is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003956028
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Private protection against crime when property value is private information
Baumann, Florian; Friehe, Tim - 2012
This paper analyzes private precautions against crime when the value of the property to be protected is private information. Within a framework in which potential criminals can choose between various crime opportunities, we establish that decentralized decision-making by potential victims may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009570888
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Does tax evasion affect economic crime?
Argentiero, Amedeo; Chiarini, Bruno; Marzano, Elisabetta - 2018
This paper examines the impact of tax evasion on criminal activities in Italy. Specifically, we consider three types of crime that are related to economic determinants: property crimes (including robbery, theft and car theft), fraud and usury. We estimate a dynamic panel using annual data from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011814715