Arbeitspapier
The Individual and Joint Performance of Economic Preferences, Personality, and Self-Control in Predicting Criminal Behavior
We explore the individual and joint explanatory power of concepts from economics, psychology, and criminology for criminal behavior. More precisely, we consider risk and time preferences, personality traits from psychology (Big Five and locus of control), and a self-control scale from criminology. We find that economic preferences, personality traits, and self-control complement each other in predicting criminal behavior. The most significant predictors stem from all three disciplines: risk aversion, conscientiousness, and high self-control make criminal behavior less likely. Our results illustrate that integrating concepts from various disciplines enhances our understanding of individual behavior.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 4622
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
- Subject
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crime
risk preferences
time preferences
personality traits
self-control
experiment
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Friehe, Tim
Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
- (where)
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Munich
- (when)
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2014
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Friehe, Tim
- Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah
- Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Time of origin
- 2014
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