One of the central tenets of mainstream economics is Adam Smith's proposition that, given
certain conditions, self-interested behavior by individuals leads them to the social good …

This article develops theoretical understanding of the motives of business firms and their
managers for compliance. First, we develop a typology to conceptualize and measure …

'Taking a broad view of regulation, and covering a wide range of issues and industries, this
collection is the most innovative effort to date to understand the responses of business firms …

This paper discusses soft (or libertarian) paternalism, as proposed among others by Thaler
and Sunstein (2008). It is argued that soft paternalism should not be understood as an …

This contribution assesses attitudes toward prostitution in Norway and Sweden, where it is
illegal to buy sex. Sweden's law was put into place in 1999, and Norway followed in 2009 …

School music teachers and college music teacher educators need resources for working
with trans and gender expansive (TGE) students in school music programs. TGE youth are …

The question of whether laws affect attitudes has inspired scholars across many disciplines,
but empirical knowledge is sparse. Using longitudinal survey data from Norway and …

Legal norms are often seen as a means to regulate individuals when self-interest does not
produce the desired behavior as measured by efficiency and fairness. 1 As Oliver Wendell …

We study the effect of social influence on agents' decisions to engage in costly decentralized
third-party punishment. In a laboratory experiment, participants play a modified Dictator …

This paper analyzes the relationship between same-sex marriage laws and sexually
transmitted infections in the United States using state-level data from 1981 to 2008. We …