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An authority delegates a monitoring task to an agent. It can only observe the number of detected offenders, but neither … the monitoring intensity chosen by the agent nor the resulting level of misbehavior. We provide a necessary and sufficient … condition for the implementability of monitoring policies. Typically, several monitoring intensities give rise to the same …
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An authority delegates a monitoring task to an agent. It can only observe the number of detected offenders, but neither … the monitoring intensity chosen by the agent nor the resulting level of misbehavior. We provide a necessary and sufficient … condition for the implementability of monitoring policies. Typically, several monitoring intensities give rise to the same …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010256706
Corruption in general and doping in particular are ubiquitous in both amateur and professional sports and have taken … the character of a systemic threat. In creating unfair advantages, doping distorts the level playing field in sporting … of data is alarming, especially in the area of elite sports where the stakes are high and doping has a substantial …
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leniency given to those who report their infraction (deterrence regime). Another local optimum is achieved if the government …
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with deterrence and one without. We find a peer effect in embezzlement in that facing an honest Official A reduces … embezzlement by Official B. Likewise, deterrence matters in that higher detection probabilities significantly decrease embezzlement …
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Research in criminology has shown that the perceived risk of apprehension often differs substantially from the true level. To account for this insight, we extend the standard economic model of law enforcement (Becker, 1968) by considering two types of offenders, sophisticates and naïves. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011887366
In this study we explore in detail the causes of corruption in China using two different sets of data at the regional level (provinces and cities). We observe that regions with more anti-corruption efforts, histories of British rule, higher openness, more access to media and relatively higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272395
In this study we explore in detail the causes of corruption in China using two different sets of data at the regional level (provinces and cities). We observe that regions with more anti-corruption efforts, histories of British rule, higher openness, more access to media and relatively higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168349
with deterrence and one without. We find a peer effect in embezzlement in that facing an honest Official A reduces … embezzlement by Official B. Likewise, deterrence matters in that higher detection probabilities significantly decrease embezzlement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568192
Research in criminology has shown that the perceived risk of apprehension often differs substantially from the true level. To account for this insight, we extend the standard economic model of law enforcement (Becker, 1968) by considering two types of offenders, sophisticates and naïves. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011864423