An experimental test of the deterrence hypothesis
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Keywords
deterrence; law and economics; incentives; crowding out; experiment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2008-03-08 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2008-03-08 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-LAW-2008-03-08 (Law and Economics)
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