Peer effects on compliance with extortive requests.
We conduct laboratory experiments to study peer effects on compliance with extortive requests. To this aim, we use an "extortion game" with multiple victims. In agreement with our hypothesis, our results show that when the information on peers' behavior is available, compliance with a...
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| author | Giulia Andrighetto Daniela Grieco |
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| description | We conduct laboratory experiments to study peer effects on compliance with extortive requests. To this aim, we use an "extortion game" with multiple victims. In agreement with our hypothesis, our results show that when the information on peers' behavior is available, compliance with appropriative requests is triggered by conformism among victims rather than by punishment. Moreover, we find that extorted sums are rather small, requests are proportional to the victim's earnings, similar across victims, and are significantly lower when the extorter self-selects into this role. Punishment is rare, but effective. Finally, our results indicate that fairness concerns matter even in a context of extra-legal taxation, shaping both extorters' requests and victims' compliance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d5e877af61474bab8946d4678c7805c72022-12-21T20:39:59ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032020-01-01154e023187910.1371/journal.pone.0231879Peer effects on compliance with extortive requests.Giulia AndrighettoDaniela GriecoWe conduct laboratory experiments to study peer effects on compliance with extortive requests. To this aim, we use an "extortion game" with multiple victims. In agreement with our hypothesis, our results show that when the information on peers' behavior is available, compliance with appropriative requests is triggered by conformism among victims rather than by punishment. Moreover, we find that extorted sums are rather small, requests are proportional to the victim's earnings, similar across victims, and are significantly lower when the extorter self-selects into this role. Punishment is rare, but effective. Finally, our results indicate that fairness concerns matter even in a context of extra-legal taxation, shaping both extorters' requests and victims' compliance.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231879 |
| spellingShingle | Giulia Andrighetto Daniela Grieco Peer effects on compliance with extortive requests. PLoS ONE |
| title | Peer effects on compliance with extortive requests. |
| title_full | Peer effects on compliance with extortive requests. |
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| title_short | Peer effects on compliance with extortive requests. |
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