Escalating Penalties for Repeat Offenders : a Note on the Role of Information

No Thumbnail Available
Files
There are no files associated with this item.
Date
2009
Editors
Contact
Journal ISSN
Electronic ISSN
ISBN
Bibliographical data
Publisher
Series
DOI (citable link)
ArXiv-ID
International patent number
Link to the license
EU project number
Project
Open Access publication
Restricted until
Title in another language
Research Projects
Organizational Units
Journal Issue
Publication type
Journal article
Publication status
Published in
Journal of Economics ; 97 (2009), 2. - pp. 165-183
Abstract
The severity of the sanction for a given offense is often determined by the offense history of the offender. We establish that this policy can be welfare-maximizing if individuals are imperfectly informed about the magnitude of the sanction. Imperfect information distorts individuals perception of the expected sanction of the first offense. Once detected, individuals learn about the sanction applicable to their act, making this argument less relevant for consecutive offenses.
Summary in another language
Subject (DDC)
330 Economics
Keywords
Optimal law enforcement,Escalating sanctions,Repeat offender,Imperfect information
Conference
Review
undefined / . - undefined, undefined. - (undefined; undefined)
Cite This
ISO 690FRIEHE, Tim, 2009. Escalating Penalties for Repeat Offenders : a Note on the Role of Information. In: Journal of Economics. 97(2), pp. 165-183. Available under: doi: 10.1007/s00712-009-0058-y
BibTex
@article{Friehe2009Escal-1837,
  year={2009},
  doi={10.1007/s00712-009-0058-y},
  title={Escalating Penalties for Repeat Offenders : a Note on the Role of Information},
  number={2},
  volume={97},
  journal={Journal of Economics},
  pages={165--183},
  author={Friehe, Tim}
}
RDF
<rdf:RDF
    xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
    xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
    xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
    xmlns:bibo="http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/"
    xmlns:dspace="http://digital-repositories.org/ontologies/dspace/0.1.0#"
    xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"
    xmlns:void="http://rdfs.org/ns/void#"
    xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#" > 
  <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/server/rdf/resource/123456789/1837">
    <dcterms:abstract xml:lang="eng">The severity of the sanction for a given offense is often determined by the offense history of the offender. We establish that this policy can be welfare-maximizing if individuals are imperfectly informed about the magnitude of the sanction. Imperfect information distorts individuals  perception of the expected sanction of the first offense. Once detected, individuals learn about the sanction applicable to their act, making this argument less relevant for consecutive offenses.</dcterms:abstract>
    <void:sparqlEndpoint rdf:resource="http://localhost/fuseki/dspace/sparql"/>
    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation>Publ. in: Journal of Economics 97 (2009), 2, pp. 165-183</dcterms:bibliographicCitation>
    <dc:rights>terms-of-use</dc:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/server/rdf/resource/123456789/46"/>
    <dcterms:issued>2009</dcterms:issued>
    <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
    <dc:creator>Friehe, Tim</dc:creator>
    <bibo:uri rdf:resource="http://kops.uni-konstanz.de/handle/123456789/1837"/>
    <dcterms:rights rdf:resource="https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/"/>
    <dc:contributor>Friehe, Tim</dc:contributor>
    <dspace:isPartOfCollection rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/server/rdf/resource/123456789/46"/>
    <dcterms:available rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2011-03-23T09:36:08Z</dcterms:available>
    <dcterms:title>Escalating Penalties for Repeat Offenders : a Note on the Role of Information</dcterms:title>
    <foaf:homepage rdf:resource="http://localhost:8080/"/>
    <dc:date rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2011-03-23T09:36:08Z</dc:date>
  </rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>
Internal note
xmlui.Submission.submit.DescribeStep.inputForms.label.kops_note_fromSubmitter
Contact
URL of original publication
Test date of URL
Examination date of dissertation
Method of financing
Comment on publication
Alliance license
Corresponding Authors der Uni Konstanz vorhanden
International Co-Authors
Bibliography of Konstanz
Yes
Refereed