Cheikbossian, Guillaume; Marceau, Nicolas - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) - 2009
Law enforcement is decentralized. It is so despite documented interjurisdictional externalities which would justify its … centralization. To explain this fact, we construct a political economy model of law enforcement. Under decentralization, law … neglected. Under centralization, law enforcement for all regions is chosen by a legislature of regional representatives which …