@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp7334,
            	author={Cervellati, Matteo and Vanin, Paolo},
            	title={"Thou Shalt Not Covet ...": Prohibitions, Temptation and Moral Values},
            	year={2013},
	month={Apr},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={7334},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7334},
	abstract={This paper proposes a theory of the relationship between prohibitions and temptation. In presence of self-control problems, moral values may increase individual material welfare (and utility) by serving as a self-commitment device. The model investigates the relationship between morality and temptation, the individual gains from morality, the interaction between external sanctions and moral self-punishment and the spread and strength of individually optimal moral values. The empirical analysis, based on survey data for a large set of countries, documents a hump-shaped pattern of morality in social class, which supports the theoretical predictions of the model.},
	keywords={crime;moral values;prohibitions;temptation;self-control},
            }