Provided that the literature on the deterrent effect of capital punishment is overall inconclusive, the fact that …

purporting to show robust and precise estimates of a substantial deterrent effect of capital punishment. We assess the various … deterrent effect of the death penalty, but profound uncertainty -- even about its sign. -- execution ; capital punishment … ; homicide ; crime ; death penalty ; differences-in-differences ; murder ; deterrence …

This paper compares actual US crime and incarceration rates to predicted rates from cross-country regressions. Global … cross-country regressions of crime and incarceration on background characteristics explain much of the variation between … other countries. But the estimated models predict only one-fourth of US incarceration and not all of US crime. The …