Proof beyond a reasonable doubt: Laboratory evidence
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Keywords
experiment; standard of proof; third-party punishment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2015-04-02 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-LAW-2015-04-02 (Law and Economics)
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