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Psychology and Institutional Design

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  • Tyler Tom

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I argue for the usefulness of a value-based approach to legal regulation. The value-based approach designs institutions in ways that promote the development of values such as legitimacy. Such a development of values encourages people to follow the rules because they believe they ought to, rather than out of fear of punishment. I suggest that the deterrence approach has limits and that the values-based model is a more efficient and effective basis for encouraging people to bring their behavior into line with law and legal institutions.

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  • Tyler Tom, 2008. "Psychology and Institutional Design," Review of Law & Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 4(3), pages 801-887, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:rlecon:v:4:y:2008:i:3:n:6
    DOI: 10.2202/1555-5879.1233
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    1. Bruno S. Frey, 1994. "How Intrinsic Motivation is Crowded out and in," Rationality and Society, , vol. 6(3), pages 334-352, July.
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    3. Tom Tyler & David Markell, 2010. "The Public Regulation of Land‐Use Decisions: Criteria for Evaluating Alternative Procedures," Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 7(3), pages 538-573, September.
    4. van der Weele Joël, 2012. "Beyond the State of Nature: Introducing Social Interactions in the Economic Model of Crime," Review of Law & Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 8(2), pages 401-432, October.

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