Nussim, Jacob; Tabbach, Avraham D. - In: International Review of Law and Economics 29 (2009) 4, pp. 314-323
This paper explores the effects of public enforcement, in general, and punishment, in particular, on crime levels if … effect) or by increasing avoidance activities. This paper shows that increasing the direct costs of crime - by either … crime if avoidance is possible. Furthermore, this paper shows that increasing the opportunity costs of crime (e.g. by …