The extant literature on marginal deterrence supports the notion that individuals maintain a dynamic decision …-scale empirical analysis of the marginal deterrence principle to advance theory on the magnitude of potential deterrent effects. We … cities to test the marginal deterrence thesis. Our analysis yields a statistically significant positive relationship with our …

We test the rational economic model of marginal deterrence of law enforcement - i.e., the need for graduating the … marginal deterrence, we show that sentence length is increasing in maximum penalty and decreasing in monitoring cost. We also … provide evidence that steeper sanctions are associated with less severe crimes, consistent with marginal deterrence being …

We test the rational economic model of marginal deterrence of law enforcement - i.e., the need for graduating the … marginal deterrence, we show that sentence length is increasing in maximum penalty and decreasing in monitoring cost. We also … provide evidence that steeper sanctions are associated with less severe crimes, consistent with marginal deterrence being e …

marginal deterrence literature to identify this second effect. …