Love, hate and murder: Commitment devices in violent relationships
Many violent relationships are characterized by a high degree of cyclicality: women who are the victims of domestic violence often leave and return multiple times. To explain this we develop a model of time inconsistent preferences in the context of domestic violence. This time inconsistency generates a demand for commitment. We present supporting evidence that women in violent relationships display time inconsistent preferences by examining their demand for commitment devices. We find that no-drop policies - which compel the prosecutor to continue with prosecution even if the victim expresses a desire to drop the charges - result in an increase in reporting. No-drop policies also result in a decrease in the number of men murdered by intimates suggesting that some women in violent relationships move away from an extreme type of commitment device when a less costly one is offered.
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2009
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Authors: | Aizer, Anna ; Dal B, Pedro |
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Journal of Public Economics. - Elsevier, ISSN 0047-2727. - Vol. 93.2009, 3-4, p. 412-428
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Elsevier |
Subject: | Domestic violence Time inconsistency Commitment |
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