DETERRENCE OF OPPONENTS THROUGH REVELATION OF INFORMATION

Abstract

Should the enforcers of rules inform potential violators about how likely violations will be detected? In practice, there is some mixture of revelation and secrecy‐police inform potential speeders about new detection technologies, but not about other dimensions of detection. We explain the mix of revelation and secrecy using games of asymmetric information in which the detection level is modeled exogenously. Our analysis applies to various legal and social conflict areas such as terrorism, speeding, and parenting.

Citation

Scott, J.L. (1993), "DETERRENCE OF OPPONENTS THROUGH REVELATION OF INFORMATION", Studies in Economics and Finance, Vol. 15 No. 1, pp. 29-50. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb028707