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Deterrence and age thresholds in punishment in British criminal law
Braakmann, Nils - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper investigates the impact of three age thresholds in British criminal law on self-reported offending: the possibility of custody at age 15, the switch from juvenile to adult law at age 18 and the switch from young offender institutions to adult prisons at age 21. Using longitudinal data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113984
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Divided Loyalties or Conditional Cooperation? An experimental study of contributions to multiple public goods
McCarter, Matthew W.; Samak, Anya C.; Sheremeta, Roman M. - Economic Science Institute (ESI), Argyros School of … - 2013
, rather than same, group members increases overall contributions. Over the course of the experiment, participants playing two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010817440
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Conditional Punishment
Kamei, Kenju - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
We elicit human conditional punishment types by conducting experiments. We find that their punishment decisions to an … individual are on average significantly positively proportional to other members’ punishment decisions to that individual. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260305
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Guilt aversion and peer effects in crime: experimental and empirical evidence from Bangladesh
Shoji, Masahiro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
I conducted an artefactual field experiment to identify whether guilt reduces crime, and how the crime reduction … sensitivity and belief. I found supporting evidence of changes in belief. My experiment is novel in that it develops an approach …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113251
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Cumplimiento fiscal y bienes públicos: ¿Son realmente compatibles?
Sour, Laura - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
results of an experiment administered in the United States reported by Alm, Jackson and McKee (1992). The results for both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258964
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Recognizing Contributors: An Experiment on Public Goods
Savikhin Samek, Anya; Sheremeta, Roman M. - Economic Science Institute (ESI), Argyros School of … - 2013
We experimentally investigate the impact of recognizing contributors on public good contributions. We vary recognizing all, highest or lowest contributors. Consistent with previous studies, recognizing all contributors significantly increases contributions relative to the baseline. Recognizing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010817411
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When Identifying Contributors is Costly: An Experiment on Public Goods
Savikhin Samek, Anya; Sheremeta, Roman M. - Economic Science Institute (ESI), Argyros School of … - 2014
question, we design a public goods experiment in which participants can pay a fee to view information about identities and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010817434
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Perfect-Substitutes, Best-Shot, and Weakest-Link Contests between Groups
Sheremeta, Roman - Economic Science Institute (ESI), Argyros School of … - 2010
This experiment investigates contests between groups. Each group has one strong player, with a higher valuation for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010817442
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Perfect-Substitutes, Best-Shot, and Weakest-Link Contests between Groups
Sheremeta, Roman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This experiment investigates contests between groups. Each group has one strong player, with a higher valuation for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111607
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Recognizing Contributors: An Experiment on Public Goods
Samek, Anya; Sheremeta, Roman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We experimentally investigate the impact of recognizing contributors on public good contributions. We vary recognizing all, highest or lowest contributors. Consistent with previous studies, recognizing all contributors significantly increases contributions relative to the baseline. Recognizing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112683