Norms and monetary fines as deterrents, and distributive effects

DOI10.1007/S00712-016-0517-1zbMATH Open1402.91124OpenAlexW2567713919MaRDI QIDQ1652829FDOQ1652829

Kangoh Lee

Publication date: 16 July 2018

Published in: Journal of Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-016-0517-1

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zbMATH Keywords

externalitynormsfinesdeterrentincome effects

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Social choice (91B14)

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