purposes of punishment, deterrence and special prevention. We investigate Bentham's intuition in a public goods lab experiment …. -- Punishment ; Deterrence ; Special Prevention ; Jeremy Bentham ; Experiment ; Public Good … prevention effect but show that the deterrence effect is smaller the more information on individual punishment is available …

of fines on punishment and deterrence. Partial effects are effects on potential violators' and punishers' decisions when … punish, which in turn reduces the deterrence effect of high fines. Using a laboratory experiment, we identify these effects …

punishment; with decentralised punishment qualified by the risk of counterpunishment. In all environments, the effect of first … ; Impression Management ; Criminal Policy ; Public Good Experiment …

. We therefore complement the field evidence by a lab experiment that isolates the definitional feature of probation: the … 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. -- probation ; recidivism ; public …

actions of bad actors. However, in many situations bad acts go undetected and unknown to others. We use a lab experiment to …

of fines on punishment and deterrence. Partial effects are effects on potential violators' and punishers' decisions when … punish, which in turn reduces the deterrence effect of high fines. Using a laboratory experiment, we identify these effects …

study employs an extra-laboratory experiment in a German prison to test the effectiveness of deterrence. Subjects either … face potential punishment when stealing, or they can steal without deterrence. We confirm Gary Becker’s deterrence …Criminal law and economics rests on the expectation that deterrence incentives can be employed to reduce crime. Prison …

Based on a simple theoretical model, we use a laboratory experiment to test the impacts of uncertainty, the magnitude … likely to be punished if fines and uncertainty are high. We find that the punishment frequency decreases considerably in …

) generally find that the optimal penalty structure is either flat or declining. We experimentally test a two-stage theoretical … model that predicts decreasing penalty structures will yield greater deterrence than increasing penalty structures. We find … for any given decision, being in a decreasing fine structure has a significant effect on deterrence. …

) generally find that the optimal penalty structure is either flat or declining. We experimentally test a two-stage theoretical … model that predicts decreasing penalty structures will yield greater deterrence than increasing penalty structures. We find … for any given decision, being in a decreasing fine structure has a significant effect on deterrence …