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Dusek, Libor - Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and … - 2005

We provide new evidence on the effect of deterrence on crime using the experience of a transition country (the Czech … of deterrence and sharp increases in crime rates. We test whether deterrence, rather than other factors, was responsible … for the post-1989 growth in crime on a panel dataset of Czech regions. The results show significant deterrence effects for …

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The Effects of a Simpler Criminal Procedure on Criminal Case Outcomes: Evidence from Czech District-level Data

Dusek, Libor - Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and … - 2015

The paper estimates the effects of a simpler criminal procedure on case durations and the probabilities that the defendant is charged and convicted. The identification strategy exploits a policy reform in the Czech Republic as a quasi-natural experiment. The reform allowed petty offenses to be...

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A Radical Change in Traffic Law: Effects on Fatalities in the Czech Republic

Montag, Josef - Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and … - 2013

I evaluate the effects of a new road traffic law in the Czech Republic that became effective on July 1, 2006. The law introduced tougher punishments through the introduction of a demerit point system and a manifold increase in fines, together with an augmented authority of traffic police. I find...

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Responses to More Severe Punishment in the Courtroom: Evidence from Truth-in-Sentencing Laws

Tsuchimoto, Fusako; Dusek, Libor - Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and … - 2009

We investigate behavioral responses of judges and prosecutors to more severe punishments by analyzing the effects of Truth-in-Sentencing (TIS) laws in a large sample of individual criminal cases. The TIS laws raised effective punishment by requiring offenders to serve at least 85% of their...

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Nonlinear Incentive Schemes and Corruption in Public Procurement: Evidence from the Czech Republic

Palguta, Jan - Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and … - 2013

This article uses data on Czech public procurement contracts from 2005 - 2010 in order to uncover patterns suggestive of corrupt behavior of procuring officials. Using polynomial regressions and local linear density estimators, the article provides evidence that procurement officials manipulate...

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On the Hidden Costs of Monitoring Corruption or Effort

Krajcova, Jana - Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and … - 2010

In this paper, I analyze the effects of monitoring on an agent’s incentives in a two-period principal-agent model in which the agent decides on his effort and corruptibility. The agent’s type and strategy are unknown to the principal. I compare incentive-compatible wages under three...

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Tax Evasion Dynamics in the Czech Republic: First Evidence of an Evasional Kuznets Curve

Hanousek, Jan; Palda, Filip - Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and … - 2008

Using surveys of the Czech Republic taken in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006 we measure how the percentage of tax evaders evolved from 1995 until 2006. We find that at first evasion rose, leveled off, and then fell along a quadratic path, suggesting the existence of what we call an evasional Kuznets...

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The Impact of the Non-distribution Constraint and Its Enforcement on Entrepreneurial Choice, Price, and Quality

Brhlikova, Petra; Ortmann, Andeas - Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and … - 2006

We study the conditions under which it is rational for a representative entrepreneur to start a nonprofit firm. Taking as point of departure a model of entrepreneurial choice proposed by Glaeser and Shleifer (2001), we analyze consequences of weak enforcement of the non-distribution constraint...

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Testing Leniency Programs Experimentally: The Impact of “Natural” Framing

Krajcova, Jana; Ortmann, Andreas - Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and … - 2008

We study the effects of loaded instructions in a bribery experiment. We find a strong gender effect: men and women react differently to real-world framing. The treatment effect becomes significant once we allow for genderspecific coefficients. Our paper contributes to the (small) literature on...

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Entry Restrictions, Corruption and Extortion in the Context of Transition

Cabelkova, Inna - Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and … - 2001

This paper argues that even temporary barriers to entry present at the very beginning of transition may lead to permanent extortion development. Entry restrictions, if binding, lead to excess profits, which create an incentive to extort. The emergence of extortionists reduces the expected profit...

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