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Eine panelökonometrische Überprüfung der ökonomischen Theorie der Kriminalität mit deutschen Bundesländerdaten
Spengler, Hannes - 2006
punishment) results in a reduction of crime due to deterrence. What appears to be a simple and straightforward hypotheses turns … makes a difference whether offenders are subject to general or juvenile criminal law. Usually, empirical analyses of crime/deterrence … indicators of type and ?quantity? of punishment the estimation results suggest that deterrence is mainly exerted at the initial …
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Eine panelökonometrische Überprüfung der ökonomischen Theorie der Kriminalität mit deutschen Bundesländerdaten
Spengler, Hannes - 2005
Gemäß der klassischen ökonomischen Theorie der Kriminalität sollte ein Anstieg der erwarteten Strafe (also des Produktes aus Strafwahrscheinlichkeit und Strafmaß) eine Reduktion der Kriminalität bewirken. In der empirischen Analyse gestaltet sich ein Test dieser überschaubar anmutenden...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266876
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Zur Bestrafung bei Wirtschafts- und Steuerkriminalität: Eine ökonomische Analyse
Follert, Florian - 2019
Vermögens- und Steuerdelikte machen einen beträchtlichen Anteil an kriminellen Handlungen aus und ziehen erhebliche volkswirtschaftliche Schäden nach sich. Zwei der wohl prominentesten Straftäter in diesem Bereich der letzten Jahre waren Thomas Middelhoff und Uli Hoeneß, die beide...
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Politicians: be killed or survive
Frey, Bruno S.; Torgler, Benno - 2008
In the course of history, a large number of politicians have been assassinated. Rational choice hypotheses are developed and tested using panel data covering more than 100 countries over a period of 20 years. Several strategies, in addition to security measures, are shown to significantly reduce...
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Rough set methodology in meta-analysis: a comparative and exploratory analysis
Rupp, Thomas - 2005
We study the applicability of the pattern recognition methodology rough set data analysis (RSDA) in the field of meta analysis. We give a summary of the mathematical and statistical background and then proceed to an application of the theory to a meta analysis of empirical studies dealing with...
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Meta analysis of empirical deterrence studies: an explorative contest
Rupp, Thomas - 2006
A sample of 200 studies empirically analyzing deterrence in some way is evaluated. Various methods of data mining …
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Uses and abuses of empirical evidence in the death penalty debate
Donohue, John J.; Wolfers, Justin - 2006
Does the death penalty save lives? A surge of recent interest in this question has yielded a series of papers purporting to show robust and precise estimates of a substantial deterrent effect of capital punishment. We assess the various approaches that have been used in this literature, testing...
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Turning the lab into Jeremy Bentham's panopticon: The effect of punishment on offenders and non-offenders
Engel, Christoph; Irlenbusch, Bernd - 2010
purposes of punishment, deterrence and special prevention. We investigate Bentham's intuition in a public goods lab experiment … prevention effect but show that the deterrence effect is smaller the more information on individual punishment is available. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270435
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The Impact of Fine Size and Uncertainty on Punishment and Deterrence: Theory and Evidence from the Laboratory
Feess, Eberhard; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah; Schramm, … - 2015
of fines on punishment and deterrence. Partial effects are effects on potential violators' and punishers' decisions when … punish, which in turn reduces the deterrence effect of high fines. Using a laboratory experiment, we identify these effects …
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Facts or Ideology: What Determines the Results of Econometric Estimates of the Deterrence Effect of Death Penalty? A Meta-Analysis
Gerritzen, Berit C.; Kirchgässner, Gebhard - 2013
deterrence studies published between 1975 and 2011. The profession of the author turns out to be the only statistically … significant explanatory variable: Economists claim significantly more often to have found a significant deterrence effect than …
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