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Criminal law enforcement depends on the actions of public agents such as police officers, but the resulting agency problems have been neglected in the law and economics literature (especially outside the specific context of corruption). We develop an agency model of police behavior that...
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Becker's theory of crime, penalties must be at least as high as expected benefits to deter crimes. For example, we start by … personal benefits. In theory, deterrence to participate in cartel activities must be based both on the incentives of firms as a …
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In the theory of public enforcement of law the choice of the liability rules is between strict liability and fault …-based liability. In this paper, we study the determinants of compliance when in addition to standard economic incentives wrongdoers …
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This paper asks whether social movements taking place on Twitter affect gender-based violence (GBV). Using Twitter data and machine learning methods, we construct a novel data set on the prevalence of Twitter conversations about GBV. We then link this data to weekly crime reports at the federal...
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In diesem Beitrag wird gezeigt, daß der Einwand, Straftäter würden in der ökonomischen konsequentialistischen Straftheorie in einer gegen die Menschenwürde verstoßenden Weise instrumentalisiert, nicht zutrifft. Entgegen Kant wird argumentiert, daß vernunftbegabte Wesen wie etwa der homo...
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