On the social desirability of wealth-dependent fine policies

Moshe Bar Niv, Zvi Safra*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

To determine the rate of fines regulators typically employ two types of fine policies. The first establishes fixed and determined fines that are not contingent on the offender's wealth. The second establishes variable fines that are contingent on the offender's income, or wealth. In this paper we show that, in many situations, fine policies that are independent of the potential offenders' wealth are socially undesirable and are dominated by fine policies that are contingent on offenders' wealth.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)53-59
Number of pages7
JournalInternational Review of Law and Economics
Volume22
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002

Funding

FundersFunder number
Israel Institute of Business Research

    Keywords

    • Fine policies
    • Social desirability
    • Wealth

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