Similar Search Results

Coitus and Consequences in the Legal System : An Experimental Study

Hersch, Joni - 2016

Scholars have found that men who physically harm their intimate partners receive less punishment than men who harm strangers. In other words, in the criminal setting, coitus has consequences. In particular, for female victims, the consequence is often a legal system that offers little or no...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012999151

Beauty Fades : An Experimental Study of Federal Court Design Patent Aesthetics

Torrance, Andrew W. - 2020

Courts are rarely asked to judge beauty. Such a subjective practice would normally be anathema to the ideal of objective legal standards. However, one area of federal law has a long tradition of explicitly requiring courts to make aesthetic decisions: the law of design. New designs may be...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014165060

Neutral versus Loaded Instructions in a Bribery Experiment

Abbink, Klaus; Hennig-Schmidt, Heike - 2002

the essential features of a bribery situation already with neutral framing, such that the presentation does not add …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263068

The role of framing, inequity and history in a corruption game : some experimental evidence

Chaudhuri, Ananish; Paichayontvijit, Tirnud; Sbai, Erwann - In: Games 7 (2016) 2, pp. 1-24

We investigate the role of framing, inequity in initial endowments and history in shaping behavior in a corrupt …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011515620

Abuse of power : an experimental investigation of the effects of power and transparency on centralized punishment

Hoeft, Leonard; Mill, Wladislaw - 2017

We investigate power abuse of a single punisher in a public-goods-game subject to variations in punishment power and … contribution transparency. We find a high amount of abuse across all conditions. More power led to more abuse over time, while … transparency could only curb abuse in the high power conditions. These findings highlight the dangers of power centralization, but …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704779

Exoneree Compensation and Endogenous Plea Bargaining : Theory and Experiment

Kim, Chulyoung - 2018

We provide a model of endogenous plea bargaining in which a prosecutor has discretion over her choice of plea bargains in response to a level of exoneree compensation mandated by the state. It is shown that an increase of the compensation may invite a sentence-maximizing prosecutor to offer a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012909298

Class Membership in Class Actions : An Experimental Study

van Dijck, Gijs - 2016

Prior research suggests that class membership is higher in opt-out models than in opt-in models. One of the main concerns with an opt-out model is that it causes a tension with the principle of party autonomy (litigant autonomy). This study explores this tension as well as whether an opt out...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013008855

Judicial Errors and Crime Deterrence : Theory and Experimental Evidence

Rizzolli, Matteo; Stanca, Luca - 2013

The standard economic theory of crime deterrence predicts that the conviction of an innocent (type-I error) is as detrimental to deterrence as the acquittal of a guilty individual (type-II error). In this paper, we qualify this result theoretically, showing that in the presence of risk aversion,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014205882

Differentiators of Managerial Preferences for Outsourcing : Experimental Evidence of the Moderating Role of Value Appropriation

Lin, Nidthida - 2015

This study adds to our understanding of outsourcing decision-making by examining the differential effect of potential cost and non-cost innovation benefits on outsourcing choices made by top managers. In addition, we show that value appropriation - which we define in this context as a firm's...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013038978

Incomplete Contracts, Market Competition and Investment Decisions

Nicita, Antonio - 2000

This paper studies a two stage incomplete contract between a buyer and a seller, with specific investments and endogenous outside options. Given that a party's outside option identifies counterpart's competitors, with such endogenous outside options, some of the main conclusions of the standard...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014164052

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next
Last