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Experimental criminal law : a survey of contributions from law, economics and criminology
Engel, Christoph - 2016
In three distinct disciplines, crime and punishment are studied experimentally: in empirical legal studies, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455955
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The role of rivalry : public goods versus common-pool resources
Maier-Rigaud, Frank P.; Apesteguia, Jose - 2004
Despite a large theoretical and empirical literature on public goods and common-pool resources, a systematic comparison of these two types of social dilemmas is lacking. In fact, there is considerable confusion about these two types of dilemma situations. As a result, they are often treated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581340
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Organising co-existence in cyberspace : content regulation and privacy compared
Engel, Christoph - 2002
The Internet globalizes the world. National regulatory autonomy shrinks. Transferring data from one country to another is almost costless. Foreign content is just a click away. Why is it that states have been able to re-install co-existence in some policy areas, and not in others? In data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011582891
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286684
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008662611
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Low self-control as a source of crime : a meta-study
Engel, Christoph - 2012
theory of crime …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009503888
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009312554
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Selfishness as a potential cause of crime : a prison experiment
Chmura, Thorsten; Engel, Christoph; Englerth, Markus - 2013
For a rational choice theorist, the absence of crime is more difficult to explain than its presence. Arguably, the … explain how imperfect criminal sanctions deter crime. The critical component of the theory is aversion against outperforming … the recipient is a charity. Prisoners give more, not less. -- Inequity aversion ; crime ; dictator game ; selfishness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009723560
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Optimal democratic mechanisms for taxation and public good provision
Bierbrauer, Felix (contributor); Sahm, Marco (contributor) - 2008
We study the interdependence of optimal tax and expenditure policies. An optimal policy requires that information on preferences is made available. We first study this problem from a general mechanism design perspective and show that efficiency is possible only if the individuals who decide on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003730652
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Ostracism and the provision of a public good
Maier-Rigaud, Frank P. (contributor);  … - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003322272