The Influence of Conformity and Moral Concerns on the Level of Optimal Sanctions: Some Comparative-Statics Results

Tim Friehe

Supreme Court Economic Review, 2020, vol. 28, issue 1, 123 - 139

Abstract: Widespread evidence indicates that social and moral concerns are relevant for potential offenders’ choices regarding norm violation. This article examines a stylization of conformity and moral concerns in a very simple optimal law enforcement framework to explore how these influences shape socially optimal sanction levels. I derive some comparative-statics results and explain that findings depend critically on the extent to which expected sanctions are socially costly.

Date: 2020
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