Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/32248 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Preprints of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods No. 2009,3
Publisher: 
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn
Abstract: 
We discuss survey evidence on individuals' willingness to sanction norm violations such as evading taxes, drunk driving, fare dodging, or skiving off work by expressing disapproval or social exclusion. Our data suggest that people condition their sanctioning behavior on their belief about the frequency of norm violations. The more commonly a norm violation is believed to occur, the lower the individuals' inclination to punish it. Based on an instrumental variable approach, we demonstrate that this pattern reflects a causal relationship.
Subjects: 
Norm Enforcement
Sanctioning
Social Norms
Survey Evidence
JEL: 
K42
Z13
D1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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