| Publication Type | | Preprints |
| Author | | Christian Traxler, Joachim Winter |
| Year of Publication | | 2009 |
| Issue | | 2009/03 |
| Abstract | | We discuss survey evidence on individuals' willingness to sanction norm violations – such as evading taxes, drunk driving, fare dodging, or skiving off work – by expressing disapproval or social exclusion. Our data suggest that people condition their sanctioning behavior on their belief about the frequency of norm violations. The more commonly a norm violation is believed to occur, the lower the individuals' inclination to punish it. Based on an instrumental variable approach, we demonstrate that this pattern reflects a causal relationship. |
| Publisher | | Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods |
| Place Published | | Bonn |
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| Published in: | | European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 28, pp. 390-398, 2012 |
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| Keywords | | Norm Enforcement, Sanctioning, Social Norms, Survey Evidence |
| JEL-Codes | | K42, Z13, D1 |
