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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...

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Behavioural responses to unfair institutions : experimental evidence on rule compliance, norm polarisation, and trust

Columbus, Simon; Feld, Lars P.; Kasper, Matthias; … - 2023

and social norms, and trust. In a preregistered online experiment (n = 1,038), we find that biased institutions reduce …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014321962

Behavioural responses to unfair institutions : experimental evidence on rule compliance, norm polarisation, and trust

Columbus, Simon; Feld, Lars P.; Kasper, Matthias; … - 2023

and social norms, and trust. In a preregistered online experiment (n = 1,038), we find that biased institutions reduce …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014319160

Norm enforcement in social dilemmas : an experiment with police commissioners

Dickinson, David L.; Masclet, David; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2014

Do individuals trained in law enforcement punish or reward differently from typical student subjects? We analyze norm enforcement behavior of newly appointed police commissioners in both a Voluntary Contribution Mechanism game and a Common Pool Resource game. Our experimental design includes...

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Asymmetric obligations

Riedel, Nadine; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah - 2011

We use a laboratory experiment to investigate the behavioral effects of obligations that are not backed by binding … and asymmetric minimum contribution levels (obligations) in a repeated public goods experiment. The results provide …

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Asymmetric obligations

Riedel, Nadine; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah - 2011

We use a laboratory experiment to investigate the behavioral effects of obligations that are not backed by binding … asymmetric minimum contribution levels (obligations) in a repeated public goods experiment. The results provide evidence for a …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304714