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Punishing the Innocent to Signal Cruelty

Sun, April 26, 9:50 to 11:20am CDT (9:50 to 11:20am CDT), TBA

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This paper presents a model of indiscriminate punishment. I show that it can be optimal for a ruler to punish the innocent with some probability, if doing so credibly signals that he is cruel.

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