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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
”Thou shalt not covet ...”: Prohibitions, Temptation and Moral Values
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| Autores: |
Cervellati, Matteo
Vanin, Paolo
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| Data: |
2010-06-11
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| Ano: |
2010
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| Palavras-chave: |
Prohibitions
Temptation
Self-Control
Moral Values
Crime
Labor and Human Capital
D03
K42
Z13
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| Resumo: |
We propose a theory studying temptation in presence of both externally and internally sanctioned prohibitions. Moral values that (internally) sanction prohibited actions and their desire may increase utility by reducing self-control costs, thereby serving as partial commitment devices. We apply the model to crime and study the conditions under which agents would optimally adhere to moral values of honesty. Incentives to be moral are non- monotonic in the crime premium. Larger external punishments increase temptation and demand for morality, so that external and internal sanctions are complements. The model helps rationalizing stylized facts that proved difficult to explain with available theories.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/90905
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| Relação: |
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)>Global Challenges Papers
GC
54.2010
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| Formato: |
29
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