Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/306399 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Journal:] Public Choice [ISSN:] 1573-7101 [Volume:] 196 [Issue:] 3 [Publisher:] Springer US [Place:] New York, NY [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 229-255
Publisher: 
Springer US, New York, NY
Abstract: 
We analyze experimental data to assess whether the deterrent effect of expected fines depends on who receives the fines' proceeds. We compare behavior in treatments when the revenue is a reward for enforcement agents to the alternative when fines are transferred to society at large. Most important, with a fixed detection probability, potential offenders' material incentives are held constant across treatments. Our evidence suggests that the deterrent effect of expected fines is greater when enforcement agents obtain the fine revenue. Our results also document that the characteristics of enforcers who are willing to incur private costs to create a positive detection probability seem to depend on whether fines reward enforcers or are transferred to society at large.
Subjects: 
Crime
Enforcement
Compensation
Experiment
JEL: 
C91
D92
K42
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Published Version

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