Tempting righteous citizens? Counterintuitive effects of increasing sanctions in the realm of organized crime

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Year: 2013
Volume: 44
Issue: C
Pages: 37-40

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2.011 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

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Abstract

This paper demonstrates that increasing the expected sanction for a crime may increase this crime's prevalence, using a principal–agent model with different kinds of crime that is typical of organized crime. The intuition for the finding is that the policy change may increase the principal's expected payoff from crime by decreasing the information rent required by the agent.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:soceco:v:44:y:2013:i:c:p:37-40
Journal Field
Experimental
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-25