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This paper studies the impact of ambiguity in the best shot and weakest link models of public good provision. The models are first analysed theoretically. Then we conduct experiments to study how ambiguity affects behaviour in these games. We test whether subjects' perception of ambiguity...
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Ostracism, or exclusion by peers, has been practiced since ancient times as a severe form of punishment against transgressors of laws or social norms. The purpose of this paper is to offer a comprehensive analysis on how ostracism affects behavior and the functioning of a social group. We...
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This paper offers experimental evidence that crime can be successfully reduced by changing the situational environment … landscape – street lighting – and report the first experimental evidence on the effect of street lighting on crime. Through a … reductions in crime. After accounting for potential spatial spillovers, we find that the provision of street lights led, at a …
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This paper offers experimental evidence that crime can be successfully reduced by changing the situational environment … landscape - street lighting - and report the first experimental evidence on the effect of street lighting on crime. Through a … reductions in crime. After accounting for potential spatial spillovers, we find that the provision of street lights led, at a …
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Can gun violence be deterred at low cost? We report the results of a randomized experiment of a messaging intervention which was designed to reduce gun violence among individuals under parole supervision with a prior violent felony conviction or firearm arrest. The intervention consisted of a...
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