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Another Look at the Deterrent Effect of Death Penalty
Choe, Jongmook - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
There is a question whether the execution rate is appropriate to examine the deterrent effect of death penalty. Instead … of using execution rate, this paper uses dummy variables to categorize states into different groups and to compare the … group mean homicide rates. With U.S. state-level panel data for the period 1995 - 2006, this paper fails to find a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616754
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The Law and Economics of Private Prosecutions in Industrial Revolution England
Koyama, Mark - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
able to emerge to internalize the externalities that caused the private system to generate too little deterrence. The model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109312
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Deterrence and age thresholds in punishment in British criminal law
Braakmann, Nils - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper investigates the impact of three age thresholds in British criminal law on self-reported offending: the possibility of custody at age 15, the switch from juvenile to adult law at age 18 and the switch from young offender institutions to adult prisons at age 21. Using longitudinal data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113984
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Does Corruption Pay in Indonesia? If So, Who are Benefited the Most?
Pradiptyo, Rimawan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper aims to assess the discrepancies in sentencing corruptors by judges in Indonesia’s judicial system. The data are based on the Supreme Court’s decisions during the period of 2001-2009 which available in public domain in www.putusan.mahkamahagung.go.id. The data comprise of 549...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260490
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Cycles of violence and terrorist attacks index for the State of Arizona
Gómez-Sorzano, Gustavo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
I apply the Beveridge-Nelson business cycle decomposition method to the time series of per capita murder in the State of Arizona (1933-2005). Separating out “permanent” from “cyclical” murder, I hypothesize that the cyclical part coincides with documented waves of organized crime,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260309
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Der Rechtsstaat in Deutschland und Spanien: Projektbeschreibung
Schulze, Detlef Georgia; Berghahn, Sabine; Wolf, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
Das Dokument besteht aus einem "Geleitwort zur Reihe" der HerausgeberInnen und einer nicht namentlich gezeichneten Projektbeschreibung. Dt. Zusammenfassung der Projektbeschreibung: Das Projekt ist ein Beitrag zur insb. seit den 1980er Jahren geführten Debatte über die Verrechtlichung (span....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596409
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Decomposing violence: terrorist murder in the twentieth century in the U.S.
Gomez-Sorzano, Gustavo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Abstract: I apply the Beveridge-Nelson business cycle decomposition method to the time series of murder in the United States (1900-2004). Separating out “permanent” from “cyclical” murder, I hypothesize that the cyclical part coincides with documented waves of organized crime, internal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835859
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Cycles of violence, riots, and terrorist attacks index for the State of California
Gómez-sorzano, Gustavo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
I apply the Beveridge-Nelson business cycle decomposition method to the time series of per capita murder in the State of California. (1933-2005). Separating out “permanent” from “cyclical” murder, I hypothesize that the cyclical part coincides with documented waves of organized crime,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835878
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Cycles of violence, and terrorist attacks index for the State of Arkansas
Gómez-Sorzano, Gustavo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
I apply the Beveridge-Nelson business cycle decomposition method to the time series of per capita murder in the State of Arkansas. (1933-2005). Separating out “permanent” from “cyclical” murder, I hypothesize that the cyclical part does not coincide with documented waves of organized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619498
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Cycles of violence, and terrorist attacks index for the State of Ohio
Gómez-Sorzano, Gustavo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
I apply the Beveridge-Nelson business cycle decomposition method to the time series of per capita murder in the State of Ohio. (1933-2005). Separating out “permanent” from “cyclical” murder, I hypothesize that the cyclical part coincides with documented waves of organized crime, internal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621213