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Assumptions Matter: Model Uncertainty and the Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment
Durlauf, Steven N.; Fu, Chao; Navarro, Salvador - In: American Economic Review 102 (2012) 3, pp. 487-92
This paper examines how estimates of the deterrent effect of capital punishment depend on alternate choices of assumptions concerning the homicide process. Specific models of the homicide process represent bundles of these assumptions, which involve the unobserved heterogeneity, the relevant...
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Racial Profiling as a Public Policy Question: Efficiency, Equity, and Ambiguity
Durlauf, Steven N. - In: American Economic Review 95 (2005) 2, pp. 132-136
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Frequency-Specific Effects of Stabilization Policies
Brock, William A.; Durlauf, Steven N.; Rondina, Giacomo - In: American Economic Review 98 (2008) 2, pp. 241-45
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A Multinomial-Choice Model of Neighborhood Effects
Brock, William A.; Durlauf, Steven N. - In: American Economic Review 92 (2002) 2, pp. 298-303
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