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- Martti Kaila (2024): How Do People React to Income-Based Fines?
This paper studies the impact of income-based criminal punishments on crime. In Finland, speeding tickets become income-dependent if the driver’s speed exceeds the speeding limit by more than 20 km/h, leading to a substantial jump in the size of the speeding ticket. Contrary to predictions of a traditional Becker model, individuals do not bunch below the fine hike. ... I use a regression discontinuity design to show that fines that are 200 euros larger decrease reoffending by 15 percent in the following six months.
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