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Let them take gifts, and cheat those who seek influence
Lambsdorff, Johann; Nell, Mathias - 2005
that asymmetric penalties do not necessarily interfere with the goal of deterrence and that immunity may be a useful tool … to disband the "pact of silence" characteristic of corrupt arrangements. -- Corruption ; Asymmetric Sanctions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424464
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Symmetric vs. asymmetric punishment regimes for bribery
Engel, Christoph; Goerg, Sebastian J.; Yu, Gaoneng - 2012
corruption. For this purpose, we designed and ran a lab experiment in Bonn (Germany) and Shanghai (China) with exactly the same … tradeoff between deterrence and law enforcement. In a forward-looking perspective, lawmakers must decide which aim carries more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009487845
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The Ethics of Accepting a Bribe : An Empirical Study of Opinion in the USA, Brazil, Germany and China
Hernandez, Teresa - 2014
This paper presents the results of an empirical study of attitudes toward bribe taking in the largest economies on four continents – the USA, Brazil, Germany and China. The authors use the Human Beliefs and Values Survey data to examine several demographic variables, including gender, age,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055212
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Testing Enforcement Strategies in the Field: Legal Threat, Moral Appeal and Social Information
Fellner, Gerlinde; Sausgruber, Rupert; Traxler, Christian - 2009
We run a large-scale natural field experiment to evaluate alternative strategies to enforce compliance with the law. The experiment varies the text of mailings sent to potential evaders of TV license fees. We find a strong alert effect of mailings, leading to a substantial increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294768
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Socio-economic and demographic factors of crime in Germany: evidence from panel data of the German states
Entorf, Horst; Spengler, Hannes - 1998
Our study is based on the traditional Becker-Ehrlich deterrence model, but we analyse the model in the face of … deterrence hypothesis for crime against property. Only weak support can be observed for crime against the person. Economic and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297584
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Testing enforcement strategies in the field : legal threat, moral appeal and social information
Fellner, Gerlinde; Sausgruber, Rupert; Traxler, Christian - 2009
We run a large-scale natural field experiment to evaluate alternative strategies to enforce compliance with the law. The experiment varies the text of mailings sent to potential evaders of TV license fees. We find a strong alert effect of mailings, leading to a substantial increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266015
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Testing enforcement strategies in the field: legal threat, moral appeal and social information
Fellner, Gerlinde; Sausgruber, Rupert; Traxler, Christian - 2009
We run a large-scale natural field experiment to evaluate alternative strategies to enforce compliance with the law. The experiment varies the text of mailings sent to potential evaders of TV license fees. We find a strong alert effect of mailings, leading to a substantial increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267008
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Testing enforcement strategies in the field : legal threat, moral appeal and social information
Fellner, Gerlinde; Sausgruber, Rupert; Traxler, Christian - 2009
We run a large-scale natural field experiment to evaluate alternative strategies to en- force compliance with the law. The experiment varies the text of mailings sent to potential evaders of TV license fees. We find a strong alert effect of mailings, leading to a substantial increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343916
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Socio-economic and demographic factors of crime in Germany : evidence from panel data of the German states
Entorf, Horst; Spengler, Hannes - 1998 - (This version: 20 April 1998)
Our study is based on the traditional Becker-Ehrlich deterrence model, but we analyse the model in the face of … deterrence hypothesis for crime against property. Only weak support can be observed for crime against the person. Economic and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441227
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Speeding, punishment, and recidivism : evidence from a regression discontinuity design
Gehrsitz, Markus - 2017
recidivating within a year by 20 percent. This is largely a specific deterrence effect driven by the punishment itself and not by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641567