purporting to show robust and precise estimates of a substantial deterrent effect of capital punishment. We assess the various …

conviction play a major role in explaining the variation of crime rates, while the impact of the severity of punishment is small … police, public prosecution and courts, respectively, on crime. Using detailed data on the different stages of the criminal …

Because costly punishment is not credible, subgame perfection suggests that punishment will not deter free riding … strategies seen in the lab and use the simulation to develop hypotheses about why group size should matter when punishment is … rates no lower than small groups because punishment does not fall appreciably in large groups. However, hindrances to …

double dividend in that it reduces both minor offenses and more severe crime. We develop a model of criminal subcultures in … attractive for some people who would otherwise commit more severe crime. If social status is sufficiently important in criminal … subcultures, zero-tolerance reduces crime across the board. …

crime, and the penalty and probability of detection. We find that the probability of stealing is increasing in the amount of …

crime, and the penalty and probability of detection. We find that the probability of stealing is increasing in the amount of …

The empirical literature testing the economic theory of crime has extensively studied the relative importance of the … probability and the severity of punishment with reference to planned criminal activities. There are, however, also unplanned …

assess to what extent lagged teen birth rates can explain why the United States had the highest developed country crime rates … in the 1980s, and why US rates subsequently fell so much. For this purpose, I use internationally comparable crime rates … measured from the 1989-2000 International Crime Victims Surveys. I find that an increase in the share of young people born to a …