RT Article
T1 Ambiguity and legal compliance
JF Criminology & public policy
VO 20
IS 4
SP 621
OP 643
A1 Barnum, Timothy C.
A2 Nagin, Daniel 1948-
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1796285412
AB This study examines the independent and joint effect of ambiguity and perceived certainty of apprehension on law-breaking decision-making. Data come from a survey of experienced drivers (N = 1147) who viewed videos depicting a car speeding on an interstate highway under experimentally manipulated circumstances. The sampled drivers were generally ambiguity averse, opting to reduce speeding as ambiguity about the perceived certainty of apprehension increased. However, perceived ambiguity interacted with perceived certainty such that increases in ambiguity increased the deterrent effect of ambiguity for low certainty probabilities and decreased the effect for high probabilities.
K1 Ambiguity aversion
K1 Ambiguity seeking
K1 Deterrence
K1 Idiosyncrati-cally coherent risk perceptions
DO 10.1111/1745-9133.12565