All Rights Reserved
AccessEcon LLC 2006, 2008.
Powered by MinhViet JSC

 
Benno Torgler
 
''Comment on “The Spreading of Disorder”''
( 2010, Vol. 30 No.1 )
 
 
Keizer et al. (2008) explore disorderly settings linked to a process of spreading norm violation. The results show that if norm violating behavior becomes more common, it negatively affects compliance in other areas. This comment addresses problematic areas in their studies and provides new empirical evidence of a cross-norm inhibition effect that deals with such criticism.
 
 
Keywords: disorder, broken windows theory, pro-social behavior, contagion effect.
JEL: C9 - Design of Experiments: General
 
Manuscript Received : May 27 2009 Manuscript Accepted : Feb 12 2010

  This abstract has been downloaded 1753 times                The Full PDF of this paper has been downloaded 164850 times