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Efficient institutions and effective deterrence: on timing and uncertainty of formal sanctions

Buckenmaier, Johannes; Dimant, Eugen; Posten, Ann-Christin - 2021

of punishment. This paper presents the first controlled experiment to study a third important factor that has been mainly … will be punished is dissolved and the timing at which the punishment is actually imposed, as well as the combination …: either no delay (immediate resolution and immediate punishment) or maximum delay (both resolution and punishment as much as …

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Stigmatization, liability and public enforcement of law

Buchen, Clemens; Deffains, Bruno; Palermo, Alberto - 2018

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 take into account stigmatization costs. In this...

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Caught in the Act but Not Punished : On Elite Rule of Law and Deterrence

Jensenius, Francesca R.; Wood, Abby K. - 2016

crime will be punished. The literature focuses on how the size of sanctions and probability of being caught affect criminal … punishment even if caught violating the law. In this paper we argue that both the perceived probability of being punished if … caught and the cultural acceptance of elites evading punishment are important parts of theorizing about deterrence …

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From the 'Econometrics of Capital Punishment' to the 'Capital Punishment' of Econometrics : On the Use and Abuse of Sensitivity Analysis

Dezhbakhsh, Hashem; Rubin, Paul H. - 2012

The academic debate over the deterrent effect of capital punishment has intensified again with a major policy outcome … debate about capital punishment …

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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 econo-metric techniques, to produce results that do or do not support the deterrence hypothesis. Moreover, we also...

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Penalty Structures and Deterrence in a Two‐Stage Model : Experimental Evidence

Anderson, Lisa R.; DeAngelo, Gregory J.; Emons, Winand; … - 2017

Multiperiod models of criminal enforcement based on the standard economic approach of Becker (1968) generally find that the optimal penalty structure is either flat or declining. We present the first experimental test of a two‐stage theoretical model that predicts decreasing penalty structures...

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Chapter 6 The Theory of Public Enforcement of Law

Polinsky, A. Mitchell; Shavell, Steven - In: Handbook of law and economics : volume 1, (pp. 403-454). 2007

This chapter surveys the theory of the public enforcement of law—the use of governmental agents (regulators, inspectors, tax auditors, police, prosecutors) to detect and to sanction violators of legal rules. The theoretical core of the analysis addresses the following basic questions: Should...

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Uncertainty and Deterrence : Experimental Evidence

Charness, Gary; DeAngelo, Gregory J. - 2010

effect of the expected cost of punishment of an individual's decision to engage in a proscribed activity and the effect of … speed when the punishment regime for which they voted is implemented. Our results have important implications for a …

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Does Capital Punishment Have a Deterrent Effect? New Evidence from Post-Moratorium Panel Data

Dezhbakhsh, Hashem; Rubin, Paul H.; Shepherd, Joanna - 2003

Evidence on the deterrent effect of capital punishment is important for many states that are currently reconsidering … punishment has a strong deterrent effect; each execution results, on average, in 18 fewer murders - with a margin of error of …

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Incarceration and crime : evidence from California's public safety realignment reform

Lofstrom, Magnus; Raphael, Steven - 2013

local crime rates. We assess the effects of a recent reform in California that caused a sharp and permanent reduction in the … violent crime and evidence of modest effects on property crime, auto theft in particular. These effects are considerably … considerably lower. We corroborate theses cross-county results with a synthetic-cohort analysis of state crime rates in California …

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