Donohue, John; Wolfers, Justin - In: The Economists' Voice 3 (2007) 5, pp. 3-3
John Donohue and Justin Wolfers argue that Gary Becker and Richard Posner are wrong to think that the death penalty deters murder: they find little empirical support for the claim. If anything, when one looks over the longest period possible (1934-2000) there is more evidence that the death...