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Is it the gums, teeth or the bite? : effectiveness of dimensions of enforcement in curbing corruption

Capasso, Salvatore; Goel, Rajeev K.; Saunoris, James W. - 2018

Adding a new dimension to determinants of corruption, this paper examines the effectiveness of enforcement in reducing … corruption. We compare the influences of latent enforcement (police, judicial, and prosecutorial employment) versus actual … enforcement to combat corruption by increasing enforcement employment is ineffective, rather comprehensive improvements in …

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Power over prosecutors corrupts politicians : cross country evidence using a new indicator

Aaken, Anne van (contributor); Feld, Lars P. (contributor); … - 2008

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Does conditionality work? : a test for an innovative US aid scheme

Öhler, Hannes; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Dreher, Axel - 2011

Corporation (MCC) was successful in promoting better control of corruption. We employ a difference … corruption over time. -- foreign aid ; corruption ; Millennium Challenge Corporation ; MCC effect …

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Hooliganism in the shadow of the 9/11 terrorist attack and the Tsunami : do police reduce group violence?

Poutvaara, Panu (contributor); Priks, Mikael (contributor) - 2006

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Terrorism prevention and electoral accountability

Dragu, Tiberiu; Polborn, Mattias - 2009

How does electoral accountability affect the effectiveness of terrorism prevention in a democracy? We analyze the connection between electoral accountability and policy effectiveness in the context of terrorism prevention. We develop a formal model of an interaction between a government, a...

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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...

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The economics of terrorism and counter-terrorism : a survey (Part II)

Schneider, Friedrich; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2010

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Do surveillance cameras affect unruly behavior? : a close look at grandstands

Priks, Mikael (contributor) - 2008

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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...

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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

In order to analyze the severity of sentencing, and to show how the probabilistic interpretation of strategic behavior can be tricky, this paper uses the crime strategic model (inspection game) proposed by Tsebelis. This model shows that any attempts to increase the severity of punishment will...

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