Zimmerman, Paul R. - In: American Law and Economics Review 11 (2009) 2, pp. 370-398
In a recent paper Donohue and Wolfers (D&W) critique a number of modern econometric studies purporting to demonstrate a deterrent effect of capital punishment. This paper focuses on D&W's central criticism of a study by Zimmerman; specifically, that the estimated standard errors on the subset of...