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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2014
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 8109
Verlag: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Zusammenfassung: 
In economic models, risk and social preferences are major determinants of criminal behavior. In criminology, low self-control is considered a fundamental cause of crime. Relating the arguments from both disciplines, this paper studies the relationship between self-control and both risk and social preferences. To exogenously vary the level of self-control, we use a well-established experimental manipulation. We find that low self-control causes less risk-averse behavior. The effect of self-control on social preferences is not significant. In sum, our findings support the proposition that low self-control is a facilitator of crime. While our study is motivated by the literature on the determinants of criminal behavior, it has important implications for dual-system models and documents endogeneity of economic preferences.
Schlagwörter: 
criminal behavior
risk preferences
social preferences
ego-depletion
dual-system models
experiment
endogeneity of economic preferences
JEL: 
K42
H23
C91
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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