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Tolerance of noncompliance: Discretion rather than simple rules?
We argue that societies sometimes choose not to enforce the law to gain 'flexibility'. Especially developing countries face a dilemma between discretion and commitment to only partially-contingent rules. Rules are good for incentives, but discretion may be more 'flexible'. We embed this dilemma in a political model and show that citizens will not support strong enforcement institutions unless the state is able to commit to sufficiently sophisticated redistributive policies.
- Alternative title
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Tolerancia al incumplimiento: ¿discreción en lugar de reglas simples?
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Journal: Estudios de Economía ; ISSN: 0718-5286 ; Volume: 46 ; Year: 2019 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 31-59
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations
Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
Informal Economy; Underground Economy
Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
- Subject
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Discretion
commitment
simple rules
informality
enforcement
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Forteza, Alvaro
Noboa, Cecilia
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Veröffentlichung
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Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Economía
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Santiago de Chile
- (when)
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2019
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Artikel
Associated
- Forteza, Alvaro
- Noboa, Cecilia
- Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Economía
Time of origin
- 2019
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