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Prison conditions and recidivism
Drago, Francesco; Galbiati, Roberto; Vertova, Pietro - 2008
We use a unique data set on post-release behavior of former Italian inmates to estimate the effect of prison conditions on recidivism. By combining different sources of data we exploit variation in prison conditions measured by: 1) the extent of overcrowding at the prison level, 2) the number of...
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Sanctions that signal: An experiment
Galbiati, Roberto; Schlag, Karl H.; Van Der Weele, Joël J - Sciences économiques, Sciences Po - 2013
The introduction of sanctions provides incentives for more pro-social behavior, but may also be a signal that non-cooperation is prevalent. In an experimental minimum-effort coordination game we investigate the effects of the information contained in the choice to sanction. We compare the effect...
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Prison Conditions and Recidivism
Drago, Francesco; Galbiati, Roberto; Vertova, Pietro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We use a unique data set on post-release behavior of former Italian inmates to estimate the effect of prison conditions on recidivism. By combining different sources of data we exploit variation in prison conditions measured by: 1) the extent of overcrowding at the prison level, 2) the number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762173
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Can Sanctions Induce Pessimism? An Experiment
Galbiati, Roberto; Schlag, Karl; Weele, Joël van der - Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Finanza e Sviluppo … - 2009
We experimentally investigate the effects of sanctions when there are multiple equilibria. Two subjects play a two-period minimum effort game in the presence of third player (principal). The principal benefits from coordination on higher effort, and is the only one informed of previous choices...
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Can sanctions induce pessimism? An experiment
Galbiati, Roberto; Schlag, Karl; Weele, Joël van der - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2009
We run an experiment in which two subjects play a two-round minimum effort game in the presence of a third player (principal) who is the only one informed about past effort choices and benefits from a higher minimum effort of the others. Sanctions introduced in the second round by the...
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The Deterrent Effects of Prison: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Drago, Francesco; Galbiati, Roberto; Vertova, Pietro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
In this paper we test for the theory of deterrence. We exploit the natural experiment provided by the Collective … recommit a crime by 1.24 percent: this corroborates the general deterrence hypothesis. However, this effect depends on the time … the prison spell. This second result can be hardly reconciled with the specific deterrence hypothesis according to which a …
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The Deterrent Effects of Prison: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Drago, Francesco; Galbiati, Roberto; Vertova, Pietro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
In this paper we test for the theory of deterrence. We exploit the natural experiment provided by the Collective … recommit a crime by 1.24 percent: this corroborates the general deterrence hypothesis. However, this effect depends on the time … the prison spell. This second result can be hardly reconciled with the specific deterrence hypothesis according to which a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703778
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A Signalling Theory of Nonmonetary Sanctions
D'Antoni, Massimo; Galbiati, Roberto - 2006
It is a widely accepted conclusion of the economic literature on optimal law enforcement that nonmonetary sanctions should be introduced only when fines have been used up to their maximum extent. In this paper it is shown that when the sanctioning policy conveys information about the harmfulness...
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Sanctions that signal : an experiment
Galbiati, Roberto; Schlag, Karl H.; Weele, Joël J. van der - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 94 (2013), pp. 34-51
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Indirect Effects of a Policy Altering Criminal Behavior: Evidence from the Italian Prison Experiment
Drago, Francesco; Galbiati, Roberto - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 4 (2012) 2, pp. 199-218
We exploit the 2006 Italian prison pardon to evaluate peer effects in criminal behavior. The pardon randomly commutes actual sentences to expected sentences for 40 percent of the Italian prison population. Using prison and geographical origin to construct reference groups for former inmates, we...
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