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Assuring Adequate Deterrence in Tort: A Public Good Experiment

Eisenberg, Theodore; Engel, Christoph - Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von … - 2012

To explore damage rules’ deterrent effect, we use a public good experiment to tailor allowable punishment to rules used in actual civil litigation. The experimental treatments are analogous to: (1) damages limited to harm to an individual litigant, (2) damages limited to harm to a group...

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Controlling Corruption in Law Enforcement: Incentives, Safeguards, and Institutional Change in the Ottoman Empire

Cosgel, Metin; Miceli, Thomas; Ergene, Bogac A.; Etkes, … - Department of Economics, University of Connecticut - 2011

Until the seventeenth century, the Ottomans used fines extensively for law enforcement and employed agents to collect the fines. Fines can be costly to implement because of agency problems and corruption. To solve the problem of corruption, the Ottomans implemented a variety of mechanisms,...

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The Deterrence Effect of Prison: Dynamic Theory and Evidence

Lee, David S.; McCrary, Justin - Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department … - 2009

punitiveness of criminal sanctions at 18 to estimate the deterrence effect of incarceration. Our analysis suggests a 2 percent … empirical moments, we conclude that deterrence elasticities with respect to sentence lengths are no more negative than -0.13 for …

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Preponderance of Evidence

Demougin, Dominique; Fluet, Claude - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2002

This paper analyzes the incentive properties of the standard and burden of proof for a finding of negligence, when evidence about injurers' behavior is imperfect and rests with the parties. We show that the `preponderance of evidence' standard used in common law, together with ordinary exclusion...

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Preponderance of Evidence

Demougin, Dominique; Fluet, Claude - Centre de Recherche sur l'Emploi et les Fluctuations … - 2002

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Individual Perceptions of the Criminal Justice System

Lochner, Lance - Society for Economic Dynamics - SED - 2005

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Optimal plaintiff incentives when courts are imperfect

Bond, Philip - Society for Economic Dynamics - SED - 2004

examines the interaction between court characteristics and plaintiff incentives on the deterrence provided by contracts …

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Making the Punishment Fit the Crime or Taliban Justice? Optimal Penalties Without Commitment

Ghosh, Parikshit - Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics - 2009

orts towards crimes that are socially more harmful, thereby achieving better deterrence overall. The critical assumptions … are-- the state cannot commit to a monitoring strategy, and has mixed motives (objectives other than deterrence). However …

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Rules of Proof, Courts, and Incentives

Demougin, Dominique; Fluet, Claude - Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques … - 2006

We analyze the design of legal principles and procedures for court decision-making in civil litigation. The objective is the provision of appropriate incentives for potential tort-feasors to exert care, when evidence about care is imperfect and may be distorted by the parties. Efficiency is...

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Deterrence, Coping Styles and Defiance

Braithwaite, Valerie; Reinhart, Monika - In: FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis 69 (2013) 4, pp. 439-468

Deterrence can boost compliance with tax authorities or undermine it depending on whether taxpayers cope with the … oppressed dominates thinking morally in response to deterrence, resistant defiance is expressed. When taking control and feeling … oppressed dominate thinking morally, dismissive defiance is expressed. Longitudinal data show that perceived deterrence predicts …

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