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Informal Sanctions

Informal Sanctions is a form of social sanction consisting of unwritten, spontaneous, or unstructured reactions from individuals or groups that enforce norms through approval or disapproval without formal institutional mechanisms.

88

Publications

7.8K

Citations

148

Authors

112

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

18

Variants

Informal Social Sanctions

Parents

Publications

88

Ethnic diversity, social sanctions, and public goods in Kenya

Edward Miguel, Mary Kay Gugerty · Journal of Public Economics · 2004 · 1.2K citations

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Sanction Threats and Appeals to Morality: Testing a Rational Choice Model of Corporate Crime

Raymond Paternoster, Sally S. Simpson · Law & Society Review · 1996 · 668 citations

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Driving Forces Behind Informal Sanctions

Armin Falk, Ernst Fehr, Urs Fischbacher · Econometrica · 2005 · 454 citations

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Formal and Informal Social Controls of Employee Deviance

Richard C. Hollinger · Sociological Quarterly · 1982 · 377 citations

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The Rationality of Sexual Offending: Testing a Deterrence/Rational Choice Conception of Sexual Assault

Ronet Bachman, Raymond Paternoster, Sally Ward · Law & Society Review · 1992 · 330 citations

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Authors

148

  1. EF
    Ernst Fehr

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    10 publications · 913 citations

    10

    h-index

  2. UF
    Urs Fischbacher

    University of Konstanz, Germany

    7 publications · 870 citations

    7

    h-index

  3. AF
    Armin Falk

    University of Bonn, Germany

    7 publications · 870 citations

    7

    h-index

  4. JT
    Jean‐Robert Tyran

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    5 publications · 315 citations

    5

    h-index

  5. LP
    Louis Putterman

    Brown University, United States

    5 publications · 315 citations

    5

    h-index

1–5 of 148

Institutions

112

  1. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    1.8K citations

  2. University of Bonn

    Bonn, Germany

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. University of Konstanz

    Konstanz, Germany

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    416 citations

  4. University of Vienna

    Vienna, Austria

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    315 citations

  5. John Brown University

    Siloam Springs, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    315 citations

  6. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    516 citations

  7. BRIQ Institute on Behavior and Inequality

    Bonn, Germany

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    263 citations

  8. University of Notre Dame

    Notre Dame, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    268 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 12 publications · 426 citations

    11

    h-index

  2. Deviant Behavior

    5 publications · 230 citations

    5

    h-index

  3. Law & Society Review

    4 publications · 1.4K citations

    4

    h-index

  4. Social Problems

    3 publications · 227 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. Criminology

    3 publications · 181 citations

    3

    h-index

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