TY - JOUR A1 - Traxler, Christian T1 - Exposure to Law Enforcement and Deterrence JF - Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE) N2 - This paper explores how direct and indirect exposure to law enforcement activities shape deterrent effects. Focusing on experimental and quasi-experimental research from economics (mainly from domains such as tax evasion, traffic violations, and financial crimes), I first summarize evidence showing how personal experiences shape perceptions about enforcement risks and sanctions, and deter future offenses. The paper then turns to the role of vicarious experiences. I discuss the growing body of evidence documenting enforcement spillovers, i.e., cases where individuals learn and adapt based on observations or experiences shared by peers, co-workers, or neighbors. The paper also highlights the importance of better understanding the underlying learning processes for deriving policy implications. Y1 - 2025 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1628/jite-2025-0005 VL - 181 IS - 1 SP - 81 EP - 95 PB - Mohr Siebeck ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Wolfert, Sabine A1 - Schneekloth, Ulrich A1 - Traxler, Christian ED - Müllerleile, Hansjörg ED - Schminke, Kerstin ED - Aprea, Carmela ED - Traxler, Christian T1 - Anforderungen an die Altersvorsorge T2 - Jugend, Vorsorge, Finanzen: MetallRente Studie 2025. Zwischen Handlungswille und Wissenslücke Y1 - 2025 SN - 978-3-7799-8859-5 SP - 55 EP - 59 PB - Beltz Juventa CY - Weinheim ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Wolfert, Sabine A1 - Schneekloth, Ulrich A1 - Traxler, Christian ED - Müllerleile, Hansjörg ED - Schminke, Kerstin ED - Aprea, Carmela ED - Traxler, Christian T1 - Sparen für die Altersvorsorge T2 - Jugend, Vorsorge, Finanzen: MetallRente Studie 2025. Zwischen Handlungswille und Wissenslücke Y1 - 2025 SN - 978-3-7799-8859-5 SP - 35 EP - 54 PB - Beltz Juventa CY - Weinheim ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Traxler, Christian ED - Müllerleile, Hansjörg ED - Schminke, Kerstin ED - Aprea, Carmela ED - Traxler, Christian T1 - Rentenreform: Die Präferenzen der jungen Menschen T2 - Jugend, Vorsorge, Finanzen: MetallRente Studie 2025. Zwischen Handlungswille und Wissenslücke Y1 - 2025 SN - 978-3-7799-8859-5 SP - 105 EP - 109 PB - Beltz Juventa CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Traxler, Christian A1 - Dušek, Libor T1 - Fines, nonpayment, and revenues: evidence from speeding tickets JF - The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization N2 - We estimate the effect of the level of fines on payment compliance and revenues collected from speeding tickets. Exploiting discontinuous increases in fines at speed cutoffs and reform-induced variation in these discontinuities, we implement two complementary regression discontinuity designs. The results consistently document small payment responses: a 10% increase in the fine (i.e., the payment obligation) induces a 1.2 percentage point decline in timely payments. The implied revenue elasticity is about 0.9. Expressed in absolute terms, a one-dollar increase in the fine translates into a roughly 60-cent increase in payments collected within 15 days (JEL H27, H26, K42). Y1 - 2025 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/jleo/ewad025 N1 - Published: 11 November 2023 VL - 41 IS - 2 SP - 381 EP - 401 ER -