| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w25094 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 25094 |
| Ordered Leniency: An Experimental Study of Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting | |
| Claudia M. Landeo; Kathryn E. Spier | |
| 发表日期 | 2018-10-01 |
| 出版年 | 2018 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | This paper reports the results of an experiment designed to assess the ability of an enforcement agency to detect and deter harmful short-term activities committed by groups of injurers. With ordered-leniency policies, early cooperators receive reduced sanctions. We replicate the strategic environment described by Landeo and Spier (2018). In theory, the optimal ordered-leniency policy depends on the refinement criterion applied in case of multiplicity of equilibria. Our findings are as follows. First, we provide empirical evidence of a "race-to-the-courthouse" effect of ordered leniency: Mild and Strong Leniency induce the injurers to self-report promptly. These findings suggest that the injurers' behaviors are aligned with the risk-dominance refinement. Second, Mild and Strong Leniency significantly increase the likelihood of detection of harmful activities. This fundamental finding is explained by the high self-reporting rates under ordered-leniency policies. Third, as a result of the increase in the detection rates, the averages fines are significantly higher under Mild and Strong Leniency. As expected when the risk-dominance refinement is applied, Mild Leniency exhibits the highest average fine. |
| 主题 | Microeconomics ; Game Theory ; Econometrics ; Experimental Design ; Economics of Information ; Other ; Law and Economics ; Industrial Organization ; Firm Behavior |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w25094 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/582767 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Claudia M. Landeo,Kathryn E. Spier. Ordered Leniency: An Experimental Study of Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting. 2018. |
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