immunity from prosecution impacts how the Members of the Parliament (MPs) act and perform their duties in the Parliament …. Losing immunity (and the resultant presumed fear of prosecution) pacifies the MPs of the opposition parties. They become less … to cast dissenting votes against the government. MPs of the opposition parties who lose their immunity are less likely to …

entrepreneur. We focus on the size of the government, on freedom from corruption, and on 'market freedom' defined as a cluster of … removed from the sample but unlike the size of government, the results on corruption are not confirmed by country-level fixed …. Our results indicate that entrepreneurial entry is inversely related to the size of the government, and more weakly to the …

corruption, weaker property rights and especially intellectual property rights, and a larger state on entrepreneurs who plan to …

corruption, weaker property rights and especially intellectual property rights, and a larger state on entrepreneurs who plan to …

entrepreneur. We focus on the size of the government, on freedom from corruption, and on 'market freedom' defined as a cluster of … removed from the sample but unlike the size of government, the results on corruption are not confirmed by country-level fixed …. Our results indicate that entrepreneurial entry is inversely related to the size of the government, and more weakly to the …

estimates of the causal effects of misdemeanor prosecution on defendants' subsequent criminal justice involvement. We leverage … case should move forward with prosecution in the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office in Massachusetts. These ADAs … vary in the average leniency of their prosecution decisions. We find that, for the marginal defendant, nonprosecution of a …

judges more often deny parole requests of prisoners appearing further from the judges' last break. We then use this variation …

) by increasing the presence and activity of the police force, and (ii) causing more people to stay at home rather than … disrupting the police. Taken as a whole, the results are consistent with a stronger deterrence effect produced by an increased … police presence after a terror attack. A higher level of policing is likely to catch more people trespassing, and at the same …

property crimes and 13% in personal crimes. There is also evidence that the IGESP is associated with improved police response …