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The effects of punishment of crime in Colombia on deterrence, incapacitation, and human capital formation
Guarin, Arlen; Medina, Carlos; Tamayo, Jorge Andrés - 2013
punishment at age 18, mandated by law, has a deterrent effect on arrests. No deterrent effect was found on index, violent or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010244876
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The deterrence effect of prison : dynamic theory and evidence
Lee, David S.; McCrary, Justin - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010466980
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Procurement with unenforceable contract time and the law of liquidated damages
Dosi, Cesare; Moretto, Michele - 2012
Time overruns are common in public works and are not confined to inherently complex tasks. One explanation advanced in this paper is that bidders can undergo unpredictable changes in production costs which generate an option value of waiting. By exploiting the real-option approach, we examine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009565538
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Crime time : how ambient light affects crime
Domínguez, Patricio; Asahi, Kenzo - 2019
This paper studies the effect of ambient light on crime, taking advantage of the daylight saving time (DST) policy, which imposes exogenous variations in daylight exposure at specific hours of the day. The paper uses a rich administrative database managed by Chile's national police, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012008399
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"Thou shalt not covet ..." : prohibitions, temptation and moral values
Cervellati, Matteo; Vanin, Paolo - 2010
We propose a theory studying temptation in presence of both externally and internally sanctioned prohibitions. Moral … optimally adhere to moral values of honesty. Incentives to be moral are non- monotonic in the crime premium. Larger external …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008729430
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Crime, punishment, and schooling decisions : evidence from Colombian adolescents
Ibáñez, Ana María; Rodríguez, Catherine; Zarruk, David - 2013
in the severity of judicial punishment imposed on Colombian adolescents, crime rates in Colombian municipalities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010244164
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Deterrence and the adjustment of sentences during imprisonment
Polinsky, Alan Mitchell; Shavell, Steven - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012102477
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Nudging taxpayer registration? : field experimental evidence on backfiring incentives
Eguino, Huáscar; Roman, Soraya; Schächtele, Simeon - 2020
suggest that the intervention prompted parts of the population to register and that monetary incentives may be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012587563
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How potential offenders and victims interact : a case study from a public transportation reform
Domínguez, Patricio - 2020
cash transactions on buses. The results suggest a strong relationship between victims incentives, cash presence, and crime. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012238333
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Evaluation with dynamic reference : sustainable investment
Vinokur, Leon - 2009
The Prospect Theory proposes to assess outcomes relative to a reference point (or benchmark). Although the literature … recognises the relevance of dynamic benchmarks, most of the applications of Prospect Theory employ static reference points (or a … status quo). This paper aims to develop a Prospect Theory framework for investment under uncertainty subject to a dynamic …
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