This paper reviews the econometric issues in efforts to estimate the impact of the death penalty on murder, focusing on six recent studies published since 2003. We highlight the large number of choices that must be made when specifying the various panel data models that have been used to address...

In June 2010, the United States Supreme Court handed down a highly anticipated trilogy of decisions that altered white-collar criminal law by restricting the honest-services provision, 18 U.S.C. § 1346, to bribes and kickbacks. This development is the most recent one in the tumultuous existence...