Tan, Kegon T.K.; Zapryanova, Mariyana - In: The journal of law, economics, and organization 38 (2022) 3, pp. 721-740
Recidivism rates are a growing concern due to the high cost of imprisonment and the high rate of ex-prisoners returning back to prison. One policy-relevant and potentially important determinant of recidivism is the composition of peer inmates. In this paper, we study the role of peer effects...