Payment Evasion |
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| Authors: | Stefan Buehler Daniel Halbheer Michael Lechner |
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| Institution: | 1. University of St. Gallen, Institute of Economics (FGN), St. Gallen, Switzerland, and CESifo, Munich;2. HEC Paris, Marketing Department, 1 rue de la Libération, Jouy‐en‐Josas, France, and GREGHEC (CNRS);3. University of St. Gallen, Swiss Institute for Empirical Economic Research (SEW), St. Gallen, Switzerland, and CEPR and PSI, London;4. CESifo, Munich;5. IAB Nuremberg;6. IZA, Bonn, Germany |
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| Abstract: | This paper shows that a firm can use the purchase price and the fine imposed on detected payment evaders to discriminate between unobservable consumer types. Assuming that consumers self‐select into regular buyers and payment evaders, we show that the firm typically engages in second‐degree price discrimination in which the purchase price exceeds the expected fine. In addition, we find that higher fines do not necessarily reduce payment evasion. We illustrate with data from fare dodging on public transportation. |
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