Ransomware, Emotions, and the Decision to Pay: Evidence From a Factorial Experiment
Published online on April 29, 2026
Abstract
Crime & Delinquency, Ahead of Print.
Ransomware victims must decide quickly whether to pay, yet the emotional dynamics of this decision are not well understood. We report the results of a pre-registered between subjects vignette experiment with a nationwide U.S. adult sample testing how ...
Ransomware victims must decide quickly whether to pay, yet the emotional dynamics of this decision are not well understood. We report the results of a pre-registered between subjects vignette experiment with a nationwide U.S. adult sample testing how ...