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Behavior suppressors, or simply “suppressors” here, are institution components that are used to prevent the occurrence of target behaviors or to lower the effort level for such behaviors. Suppressors inhibit behaviors by removing the key conditions of the behaviors in question viable. Within the institution, the suppressor is used to induce individuals to abandon undesirable behavior or to reduce the effort level for such behavior.
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Sun, S. (2016). Behavior Suppressors. In: Five Basic Institution Structures and Institutional Economics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0344-8_5
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