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| Ramos, Joao; Torgler, Benno. |
| We study the broken windows theory with a field experiment in a shared area of a workplace in academia (department common room). We explore academics’ and postgraduate students’ behaviour under an order condition (clean environment) and a disorder condition (messy environment). We find strong support that signs of disorderly behaviour triggers littering. In the disorder treatment 59% of the subjects litter compared to 18% in the order condition. The results remain robust when controlling compared to previous studies for a large set of factors in a multivariate analysis. When academic staff members and postgraduate students observe that others violated the social norm of keeping the common room clean the probability of littering increases ceteris paribus by... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Broken Windows Theory; Field Experiment; Littering; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; Z130; C930; K420. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94623 |
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