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Strong Enforcement by a Weak Authority

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This paper studies the enforcement abilities of authorities with a limited commitment to punishing violators. Commitment of resources sufficient to punish only one agent is needed to enforce high compliance of an arbitrary number of agents. Though existence of other, non-compliance equilibria is generally inevitable, there exist punishment rules suitable for a limited authority to assure that compliance prevails in the long run under stochastic evolution.

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  • Jakub Steiner, 2006. "Strong Enforcement by a Weak Authority," Edinburgh School of Economics Discussion Paper Series 149, Edinburgh School of Economics, University of Edinburgh.
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    Keywords

    commitment; enforcement; punishment; stochastic evolution;
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    JEL classification:

    • C73 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games
    • D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods

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