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A constant fine has a constant discouraging effect.

• Daishiman 7y ago
  No it doesn't. A fine's discouraging effect is proportional to the person's ability to pay for it.
  • ikeboy 7y ago
    I ran through the model in other comments, so I won't repeat it here, but in general the disincentive is the same, but people's desire to do something that costs a certain amount goes up with their wealth (called an income effect in economics).
• cmdshiftf4 7y ago
  > A constant fine has a constant discouraging effect. In this scenario it is constant percentage though, as far as I understand it, and therefore should be constantly discouraging.
  • ikeboy 7y ago
    How so? I explained the model at length elsewhere in this thread.