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Punitive police? : agency costs, law enforcement, and criminal procedure
Dharmapala, Dhammika; Garoupa, Nuno; McAdams, Richard H. - 2015 - Revised version: April 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/10010509622
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Is the severity of the penalty an effective deterrent? : a strategic approach for the crime of tax evasion
Chiarini, Bruno; Marzano, Elisabetta - 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/10011544186
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Econometric estimates of deterrence of the death penalty : facts or ideology?
Kirchgässner, Gebhard - 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/10009127786
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The economics of terrorism and counter-terrorism : a survey (Part I)
Schneider, Friedrich; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2010
This survey provides an in-depth analysis of existing research on the economic analysis of terrorism and counter-terrorist measures. First the existing evidence on the causes of terrorism is analyzed, then we consider the evidence of the consequences of terrorism and we demonstrate why it is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003956021
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The economics of terrorism and counter-terrorism : a survey (Part II)
Schneider, Friedrich; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2010
This survey provides an in-depth analysis of existing research on the economic analysis of terrorism and counter-terrorist measures. First the existing evidence on the causes of terrorism is analyzed, then we consider the evidence of the consequences of terrorism and we demonstrate why it is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003956028
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Violent groups and police tactics : should tear gas make crime preventers cry?
Poutvaara, Panu (contributor); Priks, Mikael (contributor) - 2005
Democratic societies are challenged by various violent and organized groups, be they terrorists, gangs or organized hooligans. In exchange for offering an identity, leaders in such groups typically require members to be violent. We introduce a simple model to capture these stylized facts, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003300936
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Does tax evasion affect economic crime?
Argentiero, Amedeo; Chiarini, Bruno; Marzano, Elisabetta - 2018
This paper examines the impact of tax evasion on criminal activities in Italy. Specifically, we consider three types of crime that are related to economic determinants: property crimes (including robbery, theft and car theft), fraud and usury. We estimate a dynamic panel using annual data from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011814715
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Punishment : and beyond
Frey, Bruno S. - 2009
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/10003861760
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Black sheep or scapegoats? : implementable monitoring policies under unobservable levels of misbehavior
Buechel, Berno; Mühlheußer, Gerd - 2014
An authority delegates a monitoring task to an agent. It can only observe the number of detected offenders, but neither the monitoring intensity chosen by the agent nor the resulting level of misbehavior. We provide a necessary and sufficient condition for the implementability of monitoring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010256706
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Status-seeking in criminal subcultures and the double dividend of zero-tolerance
Dur, Robert A. J. (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003364565