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The coevolution of behavior and normative expectations: Customary law in the lab
Engel, Christoph; Kurschilgen, Michael - 2011
Customary law has been criticized from very different angles. Rational choice theorists claim that what looks like custom is nothing but self-interest. Positivists doubt that anything beyond consent assumes the force of law. In this paper, we adopt an experimental approach to test these claims....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286718
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The coevolution of behavior and normative expectations : customary law in the lab
Engel, Christoph; Kurschilgen, Michael - 2011
into the normatively desired direction as normative expectations and behavioural patterns coevolve. -- experiment ; Public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009488630
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Estimating Heterogeneous Reactions to Experimental Treatments
Engel, Christoph - 2020
treatment. Yet often, finite mixture models need more data than the experiment provides. The approach requires ex ante knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012850325
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Estimating heterogeneous reactions to experimental treatments
Engel, Christoph - 2019 - This version: January 20, 2019
treatment. Yet often, finite mixture models need more data than the experiment provides. The approach requires ex ante knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011977868
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The Coevolution of Behavior and Normative Expectations. Customary Law in the Lab
Engel, Christoph; Kurschilgen, Michael - Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von … - 2011
Customary law has been criticized from very different angles. Rational choice theorists claim that what looks like custom is nothing but self-interest. Positivists doubt that anything beyond consent assumes the force of law. In this paper, we adopt an experimental approach to test these claims....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010535930
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The Coevolution of Behavior and Normative Expectations : Customary Law in the Lab
Engel, Christoph; Kurschilgen, Michael J. - 2016
Customary law has been criticized from very different angles. Rational choice theorists claim that what looks like custom is nothing but self-interest. Positivists doubt that anything beyond consent assumes the force of law. In this paper, we adopt an experimental approach to test these claims....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014174189
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Estimating heterogeneous reactions to experimental treatments
Engel, Christoph - 2019
treatment. Yet often, finite mixture models need more data than the experiment provides. The approach requires ex ante knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012110573
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The tradeoff between redistribution and effort : evidence from the field and from the lab
Buch, Claudia M.; Engel, Christoph - 2012
tend to have smaller incentives to engage in effort, the reverse does not hold true. Using a lab experiment, we show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009751314
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Words substitute fists : justifying punishment in a public good experiment
Engel, Christoph; Zhurakhovska, Lilia - 2013
controlled conditions, we have conducted a public goods experiment with central punishment. The authority is neutral - she does …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009784192
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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 experimental economics, and an experimental criminology. These three disciplines have surprisingly little interaction. The current paper surveys the rich evidence, and discusses the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455955