Higher punishment, less control?: Experimental evidence on the inspection game

Rationality and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 359-392

  Rauhut, Heiko ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Control; Crime; Game theory; Learning; Punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349123125     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: 14617358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043463109337876     Document Type: Article

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