General and specific information in deterring traffic violations: Evidence from a randomized experiment

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 123, Issue , 2016, Pages 97-107

  Lu, Fangwen ^a   Zhang, Jinan ^b   Perloff, Jeffrey M ^c  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b China Development Bank   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deterrence effect; Information; Police enforcement; Traffic violation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956645655     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2015.12.009     Document Type: Article

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