First impressions are more important than early intervention: Qualifying broken windows theory in the lab

International Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 126-136

  Engel, Christoph ^a   Beckenkamp, Martin ^a   Glöckner, Andreas ^a,b   Irlenbusch, Bernd ^c   Hennig Schmidt, Heike ^d   Kube, Sebastian ^a,d   Kurschilgen, Michael ^a   Morell, Alexander ^a   Nicklisch, Andreas ^e   Normann, Hans Theo ^f   Towfigh, Emanuel ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON COLLECTIVE GOODS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Broken windows theory; Early vigilance; First impressions; Public good experiment; Social disorder and crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885747898     PISSN: 01448188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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