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 …

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 alter the payoff of the individuals involved, leaving unchanged the … frequency of violation at equilibrium. This result is misleading: payoffs are not independent and the crime game can not be …

inmates with proxies for maximum punishment and monitoring costs across US states over 50 years. Consistent with the theory of … penalty to the severity of the crime. We combine individual-level data on sentence length for a representative sample of US …

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 … to a large extent law abiding, they are more motivated to observe the law. -- crime ; punishment ; incentives …

crime that are related to economic determinants: property crimes (including robbery, theft and car theft), fraud and usury …

, arrest increases the probability an offender is charged with a crime. Our findings argue against recent calls for a …