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At the mercy of the prisoner next door: Using an experimental measure of selfishness as a criminological tool

Chmura, Thorsten; Engel, Christoph; Englerth, Markus; … - 2010

calls for more refined versions of utility in rational choice theories of crime. Prisoners do not give less than average …

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Poverty and crime in 19th century Germany: A reassessment

Traxler, Christian; Burhop, Carsten - 2010

effect of poverty on crime in 19th century Germany. In addition, our data set allows us to make several original … contributions to the literature. We confirm the robust positive effect of poverty on property crime. Employing the rye price as a … al., we also find a strong negative impact of poverty on violent crime. However, once we account for beer consumption …

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Poverty and crime in 19th century Germany : a reassessment

Traxler, Christian; Burhop, Carsten - 2010

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Low self-control as a source of crime : a meta-study

Engel, Christoph - 2012

theory of crime …

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The state's enforcement monopoly and the private protection of property

Grechenig, Kristoffel; Kolmar, Martin - 2011

The modern state has monopolized the legitimate use of force. This concept is twofold. First, the state is empowered with enforcement rights; second, the rights of the individuals are (partly) restricted. In a simple model of property rights with appropriation and defense activity, we show that...

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Job assignment with multivariate skills

Brilon, Stefanie - 2010

This paper analyzes the job assignment problem faced by a firm when workers' skills are distributed along several dimensions and jobs require different skills to varying extent. I derive optimal assignment rules with and without slot constraints, and show that under certain circumstances workers...

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Job assignment with multivariate skills

Brilon, Stefanie - 2010

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Cooperation under punishment: Imperfect information destroys it and centralizing punishment does not help

Fischer, Sven; Grechenig, Kristoffel; Meier, Nicolas - 2013

We run several experiments which allow us to compare cooperation under perfect and imperfect information and under a centralized and decentralized punishment regime. We find that (1) centralization by itself does not improve cooperation and welfare compared to an informal, peer-to-peer...

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Deterrence by imperfect sanctions: A public good experiment

Engel, Christoph - 2013

Sanctions are often so weak that a money maximizing individual would not be deterred. In this paper I show that they may nonetheless serve a forward looking purpose if sufficiently many individuals are averse against advantageous inequity. Using the Fehr/Schmidt model (QJE 1999) I define three...

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Learning the Law

Engel, Christoph - 2004

Hardly any of the law's subjects know the text of the provisions that govern their conduct. Even less would they be able to handle this text properly, were they to get access to it. Nonetheless the law firmly believes that it is not feckless. This paper solves the puzzle by drawing on four...

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