Persson, Mats; Siven, Claes-Henric - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Stockholms Universitet - 2006
Two real-world observations are not easily replicated in models of crime. First, although capital punishment is optimal in Becker’s (1968) model, it is rarely observed in the real world. Second, criminal procedure and the evaluation of evidence vary across societies and historical periods, the...
