Proof beyond a reasonable doubt: Laboratory evidence

We investigate how third-party punishers and potential violators decide under evidentiary uncertainty in a take game. In line with the legal requirement and in contrast to economic models, neither the sanction nor the harm level affects the punishment probability, but the quality of evidence does have an impact. Potential violators' decisions are strongly influenced by the expected punishment probability but not by the level of the sanction.

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Year of publication:	2015
Authors:	Baumann, Florian ; Friehe, Tim
Institutions:	Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Subject:	experiment \| standard of proof \| third-party punishment

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	DICE Discussion Papers. - ISSN 2190-9938.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 181
Classification:	K42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law ; D81 - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty ; C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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