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Open AccessRate Expectations: Jurors and the Self-Reinforcing Effect of Conviction Rates
We examined whether jurors who know that a prosecutor has a high conviction rate are more inclined to convict a defendant than jurors who know that the prosecutor has a low conviction rate. Using simulated cri...
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Open AccessInfringers’ willingness to pay compensation versus fines
In many areas such as consumer law or competition law, legislators can opt between two alternative forms of sanctions to remedy wrongdoing: they can impose an infringer to pay either a fine or a compensation. ...
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On the Psychology of Financial Compensations to Restore Fairness Transgressions: When Intentions Determine Value
An important challenge for actors in economic exchange relations concerns dealing with the aftermath of unethical behavior and the violation of trust that such transgressions entail. As transgressions in these...
