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Inducing cooperation by self-stipulated penalties

Qin, Cheng-zhong - In: Annals of economics and finance 9 (2008) 2, pp. 385-395

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003796468

Harsh default penalties lead to Ponzi schemes

Páscoa, Mário Rui; Seghir, Abdelkrim - In: Games and economic behavior 65 (2009) 1, pp. 270-286

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003811719

Punishment : and beyond

Frey, Bruno S. - 2009

This paper argues that the "Economics of Crime" concentrates too much on punishment as a policy to fight crime, which … is unwise for several reasons. There are important instances in which punishment simply cannot reduce crime. Several … feasible alternatives to punishment exist, such as offering positive incentives or handing out awards for law abiding behavior …

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Survey evidence on conditional norm enforcement

Traxler, Christian; Winter, Joachim - 2009

We discuss survey evidence on individuals' willingness to sanction norm violations such as evading taxes, drunk driving, fare dodging, or skiving off work by expressing disapproval or social exclusion. Our data suggest that people condition their sanctioning behavior on their belief about the...