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Status-Seeking in Criminal Subcultures and the Double Dividend of Zero-Tolerance
Dur, Robert - 2006
This paper offers a new argument for why a more aggressive enforcement of minor offenses ('zero-tolerance') may yield a double dividend in that it reduces both minor offenses and more severe crime. We develop a model of criminal subcultures in which people gain social status among their peers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779694
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Econometric Estimates of Deterrence of the Death Penalty : Facts or Ideology?
Kirchgässner, Gebhard - 2021
In 2007, the Wall Street Journal published an article claiming that each execution saves more than 70 lives. This example is used to show how easy it is, using simple or advanced econometric techniques, to produce results that do or do not support the deterrence hypothesis. Moreover, we also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316017
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Is the Severity of the Penalty an Effective Deterrent? A Strategic Approach for the Crime of Tax Evasion
Chiarini, Bruno - 2016
attempts to increase the severity of punishment will alter the payoff of the individuals involved, leaving unchanged the … the certainty of punishment and the ability of the government to enforce it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012979544
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Punishment - And Beyond
Frey, Bruno S. - 2021
This paper argues that the “Economics of Crime” concentrates too much on punishment as a policy to fight crime, which … is unwise for several reasons. There are important instances in which punishment simply cannot reduce crime. Several … feasible alternatives to punishment exist, such as offering positive incentives or handing out awards for law abiding behavior …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316343
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Econometric Estimates of Deterrence of the Death Penalty: Facts or Ideology?
Kirchgässner, Gebhard - CESifo - 2011
In 2007, the Wall Street Journal published an article claiming that each execution saves more than 70 lives. This example is used to show how easy it is, using simple or advanced econometric techniques, to produce results that do or do not support the deterrence hypothesis. Moreover, we also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020796
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Facts or Ideology: What Determines the Results of Econometric Estimates of the Deterrence Effect of Death Penalty? A Meta-Analysis
Gerritzen, Berit C.; Kirchgässner, Gebhard - CESifo - 2013
Provided that the literature on the deterrent effect of capital punishment is overall inconclusive, the fact that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010631770
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Politicians: Be Killed or Survive
Frey, Bruno S.; Torgler, Benno - CESifo - 2008
In the course of history, a large number of politicians have been assassinated. Rational choice hypotheses are developed and tested using panel data covering more than 100 countries over a period of 20 years. Several strategies, in addition to security measures, are shown to significantly reduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005406072
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Bad Boys : How Criminal Identity Salience Affects Rule Violation
Cohn, Alain - 2015
We conducted an experiment with 182 inmates from a maximum security prison to analyze the impact of criminal identity salience on cheating. The results show that inmates cheat more when we exogenously render their criminal identity more salient. This effect is specific to individuals who have a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021703
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Politicians : Be Killed or Survive
Frey, Bruno S.; Torgler, Benno - 2021
In the course of history, a large number of politicians have been assassinated. Rational choice hypotheses are developed and tested using panel data covering more than 100 countries over a period of 20 years. Several strategies, in addition to security measures, are shown to significantly reduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316433
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Punitive Police? Agency Costs, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Procedure
Dharmapala, Dhammika; Garoupa, Nuno; McAdams, Richard H. - CESifo - 2015
evidence on punishment preferences, in which subjects reveal a heterogeneous preference for punishing wrongdoers, our model … identifies circumstances in which “punitive” individuals (with stronger-than-average punishment preferences) will self …-select into law enforcement jobs that offer the opportunity to punish (or facilitate the punishment of) wrongdoers. Such “punitive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265252