Arbeitspapier
Deterrence through word of mouth
The deterrent effect of law enforcement rests on the link between the actual and the perceived detection risk. We study the role of word of mouth for this linkage. Our approach makes use of micro data on compliance with TV license fees allowing us to distinguish between households who have been subject to enforcement and those who have not. Exploiting local variation in field inspectors' efforts induced by snowfall, we find a striking response of households to increased enforcement in their vicinity, with compliance rising significantly among those who had no interaction with inspectors. As we can exclude other channels of information transmission, our finding establishes a substantial deterrent effect mediated by word of mouth.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 2549
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- Thema
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Deterrence
law enforcement
word of mouth
Normbefolgung
Rechtsdurchsetzung
Virales Marketing
Rundfunkfinanzierung
Österreich
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Rincke, Johannes
Traxler, Christian
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
- (wo)
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Munich
- (wann)
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2009
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Rincke, Johannes
- Traxler, Christian
- Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Entstanden
- 2009
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