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Anwar, Shamena; Bayer, Patrick J.; Hjalmarsson, Randi - 2010

This paper examines the impact of jury racial composition on trial outcomes using a unique dataset of all felony trials in Sarasota County, Florida between 2004 and 2009. We utilize a research design that exploits day-to-day variation in the composition of the jury pool to isolate quasi-random...

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Facts or ideology : what determines the results of econometric estimates of the deterrence effect of death penalty? ; a meta-analysis

Gerritzen, Berit C.; Kirchgässner, Gebhard - 2013

Provided that the literature on the deterrent effect of capital punishment is overall inconclusive, the fact that …

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Uses and abuses of empirical evidence in the death penalty debate

Donohue, John J. (contributor); Wolfers, Justin (contributor) - 2006

purporting to show robust and precise estimates of a substantial deterrent effect of capital punishment. We assess the various … deterrent effect of the death penalty, but profound uncertainty -- even about its sign. -- execution ; capital punishment … purporting to show robust and precise estimates of a substantial deterrent effect of capital punishment. We assess the various …

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The US Crime Puzzle : A Comparative Perspective on US Crime & Punishment

Spamann, Holger - 2015

This paper compares actual US crime and incarceration rates to predicted rates from cross-country regressions. Global cross-country regressions of crime and incarceration on background characteristics explain much of the variation between other countries. But the estimated models predict only...

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Econometric estimates of deterrence of the death penalty : facts or ideology?

Kirchgässner, Gebhard - 2011

In 2007, the Wall Street Journal published an article claiming that each execution saves more than 70 lives. This example is used to show how easy it is, using simple or advanced econometric techniques, to produce results that do or do not support the deterrence hypothesis. Moreover, we also...