Dharmapala, Dhammika; Garoupa, Nuno; McAdams, Richard H. - CESifo - 2015
Criminal law enforcement depends on the actions of public agents such as police officers, but the resulting agency …-select into law enforcement jobs that offer the opportunity to punish (or facilitate the punishment of) wrongdoers. Such “punitive … that intrinsic motivation and self-selection provide a possible explanation for the bifurcated structure of criminal law …