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windows policy was causal for reducing crime. In a series of lab experiments we show that first impressions are indeed causal …
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from tort law. My analysis suggests that society will make an activity a crime whenever the social benefits of changing …
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The standard economic theory of crime deterrence predicts that the conviction of an innocent (type-I error) is as …
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Does probation pay a double dividend? Society saves the cost of incarceration, and convicts preserve their liberty. But does probation also reduce the risk of recidivism? In a meta-study we show that the field evidence is inconclusive. Moreover it struggles with an identification problem: those...
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Based on a simple theoretical model, we use a laboratory experiment to test the impacts of uncertainty, the magnitude of fines and aversion against making type-I and type-II errors on legal decision making. Measuring uncertainty as the noise of a signal on the defendant's guilt observed by legal...
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Criminal law and economics rests on the expectation that deterrence incentives can be employed to reduce crime. Prison …
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Dieser Aufsatz will von Seiten einer ordonomischen Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik zu einer interdisziplinären Verständigung zwischen Juristen und Ökonomen beitragen. Seine zentrale These besteht darin, dass Korruption als ein Ordnungsproblem aufzufassen ist, dessen Lösung einer...
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lower their production costs by illegal means. Our framework combines a Salop circle with a crime model la Becker, allowing … industry (i.e., lower entry costs) reduce the crime rate. Furthermore, whether more intense competition due to the increased …
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lower their production costs by illegal means. Our framework combines a Salop circle with a crime model à la Becker … industry (i.e., lower entry costs) reduce the crime rate. Furthermore, whether more intense competition due to the increased …
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