The trade-off between the immediate returns from committing a crime and the future costs of punishment depends on an … in Italy and provide non-parametric evidence on the extent of discounting from the raw data on recidivism and sentence … heterogeneity based on age, education, crime type, and nationality. Our estimates imply that the majority of deterrence is derived …

The trade-off between the immediate returns from committing a crime and the future costs of punishment depends on an … in Italy and provide non-parametric evidence on the extent of discounting from the raw data on recidivism and sentence … heterogeneity based on age, education, crime type, and nationality. Our estimates imply that the majority of deterrence is derived …

The trade-off between the immediate returns from committing a crime and the future costs of punishment depends on an … in Italy and provide non-parametric evidence on the extent of discounting from the raw data on recidivism and sentence … heterogeneity based on age, education, crime type, and nationality. Our estimates imply that the majority of deterrence is derived …

during the week after this birthday. We do not, however, find that harsher punishment reduces the crime rate permanently. …" in the sense that more crimes were committed during the week prior to a 21st birthday, followed by a reduction in crime …

Empirical studies have found that increasing the probability of punishment has a greater effect on crime than the … severity of punishment. This note explains this as the result of criminals having imperfect information on their criminal … deter crime in the period they are applied but offer criminals no information on their criminal ability. Crime is also …

We model deterrence with costly punishment when criminals have different abilities. Abilities are unobserved by both …