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Deterrence games and the disruption of information
Deterrence is a generic situation where a “Retaliator” (Player R ) threatens to bash an “Underminer” (Player U ) should he take a stealth threatening...
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An Agent-based Approach to Study Spatial Structure Effects on Estimated Distance Deterrence in Commuting
We provide an experimental design to study how estimates of the distance deterrence parameter in a standard doubly-constrained gravity model respond...
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A Misfit model: irrational deterrence and bounded rationality
Contemporary theories of deterrence place a strong emphasis on coherency between model and theory. Schelling’s contention of irrational threats for...
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Deterrence, settlement, and litigation under adversarial versus inquisitorial systems
In this paper, we compare deterrence, settlement, and litigation spending under adversarial and inquisitorial systems. We present a basic litigation...
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Integrating Norms, Knowledge, and Social Ties into the Deterrence Model of Cartels: A Survey Study of Business Executives
We expand the rational choice theory of crime, as applied to cartels, with three psychological factors—personal norms, social norms and social...
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Entry Deterrence, Concentration, and Merger Policy
In merger enforcement, entry is considered to be a factor that potentially can mitigate otherwise anti-competitive effects of a merger. The current...
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Are Bankers “Crying Wolf”? Type I, Type II Errors and Deterrence in Anti-Money Laundering: The Italian Case
Excessive and useless reporting, called the “crying wolf effect,” is a crucial shortcoming that any anti-money laundering (AML) design aims to...
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Security-Deterrence “and” Preemptive Measures
This chapter analyzes three different scenarios of terrorism. Compared to Chaps. H and 9 , the...
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Cournot–Bertrand endogenous behavior in a differentiated oligopoly with entry deterrence
This paper presents a new theoretical justification for the Cournot–Bertrand model to arise in equilibrium when firms have, at the outset, the same...
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Efficient Institutions and Effective Deterrence: On Timing and Uncertainty of Formal Sanctions
Economic theory suggests that the deterrence of deviant behavior is driven by a combination of severity and certainty of punishment. This paper...
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Fines as enforcers’ rewards or as a transfer to society at large? Evidence on deterrence and enforcement implications
We analyze experimental data to assess whether the deterrent effect of expected fines depends on who receives the fines’ proceeds. We compare...
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The deterrence effect of real-world operational tax audits on self-employed taxpayers: evidence from Italy
We use a large administrative tax-returns panel dataset merged with a tax audit database to estimate the effect of real-world operational tax audits...
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Cartel formation and detection: the role of information costs and disclosure
Firms that self-report cartels risk having their information exposed. If the costs associated with these risks are large then it will have a...
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Moderating (mis)information
This paper uses a laboratory experiment to investigate the efficacy of different content moderation policies designed to combat misinformation on...
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Information about changes in platform economy taxation diminishes optimism regarding future use
Some economic interactions are based on trust, others on monetary incentives or monitoring. In the tax compliance context, the monitoring approach...
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Should Private Exchanges of List Price Information Be Presumed to Be Anticompetitive?
Harrington (
2022 ) provides a novel theory that explains how a private information exchange involving gross list prices can lead to higher transaction...
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“Theft of Oneself”: Runaway Servants in Early Maryland: Deterrence, Punishment, and Apprehension
Immigrant indentured and transported convict servants had an incentive to breech their labor contracts by running away. Masters and servants in...
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Crime, deterrence and punishment revisited
Despite an abundance of empirical evidence on crime spanning over 40 years, there exists no consensus on the impact of the criminal justice system on...
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Neither Crime Nor (Much) Punishment: India’s Cartel Penalty Practices
We analyze the cartel penalty regime in India in light of the literature on optimal penalties for restitution and deterrence, as well as current...
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Investigating the Nexus Between Environmental Information Disclosure and Green Development Efficiency: The Intermediary Role of Green Technology Innovation—a PSM-DID Analysis
This study investigates the intricate relationship between environmental information disclosure (EID) and green development efficiency (GDE) in...
