The most famous element in Bentham's theory of punishment, the Panopticon Prison, expresses his view of the two … purposes of punishment, deterrence and special prevention. We investigate Bentham's intuition in a public goods lab experiment … by manipulating how much information on punishment experienced by others is available to would-be offenders. Compared …

windows policy was causal for reducing crime. In a series of lab experiments we show that first impressions are indeed causal … punishment; with decentralised punishment qualified by the risk of counterpunishment. In all environments, the effect of first …

criminal opportunities. We focus on local non-rival crime deterrence that is more efficient against criminals pursuing domestic …

This paper argues that the Economics of Crime concentrates too much on punishment as a policy to fight crime, which is … unwise for several reasons. There are important instances in which punishment simply cannot reduce crime. Several feasible … alternatives to punishment exist, such as offering positive incentives or handing out awards for law abiding behavior. These …

several reasons. On the one hand, there are important instances in which punishment is unable to reduce crime or may even …The economics of crime concentrates on policies in the form of punishments. To adopt such a policy is unwise for …

, even if punishment is costly. However, these studies focus on situations where there is no uncertainty about others …' behavior. We investigate punishment in a world with 'reasonable doubt' about others' contributions. Interestingly, people … some non-trivial degree of noise, punishment (1) cannot maintain high contributions and (2) reduces welfare even below the …

inappropriate. More importantly, victims of such abuse also start to believe that punishers' free-riding and punishment are …

less to a joint project; punishment cost is higher; efficiency is lower; inequity is higher. While experimental subjects … themselves do trust the institution less if punishment does not become effective immediately. …

Social preferences for the punishment of free riders are critical for generating cooperative behavior in human society …. Focusing on the receiving fees of Japan´s public broadcaster, this study analyses how punishment of free riders, that is, the …

We investigate power abuse of a single punisher in a public-goods-game subject to variations in punishment power and …