actions of bad actors. However, in many situations bad acts go undetected and unknown to others. We use a lab experiment to …

of fines on punishment and deterrence. Partial effects are effects on potential violators' and punishers' decisions when … punish, which in turn reduces the deterrence effect of high fines. Using a laboratory experiment, we identify these effects …

) there is preference uncertainty. In a linear public good with punishment meted out by a disinterested participant, I test … two implications of the model: (a) participants increase contributions in reaction to imperfect punishment; (b) imperfect … punishment helps sustain cooperation if participants experience free-riding. …

of punishment. This paper presents the first controlled experiment to study a third important factor that has been mainly …Economic theory suggests that the deterrence of deviant behavior is driven by a combination of severity and certainty … will be punished is dissolved and the timing at which the punishment is actually imposed, as well as the combination …

Crime has to be punished, but does punishment reduce crime? We conduct a neutrally framed laboratory experiment to test … of punishment. In our experiment, subjects can steal from another participant's payoff. Deterrent incentives vary across … the deterrence hypothesis, namely that crime is weakly decreasing in deterrent incentives, i.e. severity and probability …

Crime has to be punished, but does punishment reduce crime? We conduct a neutrally framed laboratory experiment to test … of punishment. In our experiment, subjects can steal from another participant's payoff. Deterrent incentives vary across … the deterrence hypothesis, namely that crime is weakly decreasing in deterrent incentives, i.e. severity and probability …

of fines on punishment and deterrence. Partial effects are effects on potential violators' and punishers' decisions when … punish, which in turn reduces the deterrence effect of high fines. Using a laboratory experiment, we identify these effects …

, type-I errors can have a larger effect on deterrence than type-II errors. We test these predictions with an experiment …The standard economic theory of crime deterrence predicts that the conviction of an innocent (type-I error) is as … detrimental to deterrence as the acquittal of a guilty individual (type-II error). In this paper, we qualify this result …

We run a large-scale natural field experiment to evaluate alternative strategies to en- force compliance with the law …. The experiment varies the text of mailings sent to potential evaders of TV license fees. We find a strong alert effect of …