provided by the Furman and Gregg decisions and assess the relationship between execution and homicide rates in state panel data … since 1934. We then revisit the existing instrumental variables approaches and assess two recent state-specific execution … cannot be reliably disentangled from the large year-to-year changes in the homicide rate caused by other factors. As such …

In 2007, the Wall Street Journal published an article claiming that each execution saves more than 70 lives. This … support the deterrence hypothesis. Moreover, we also point to some puzzles which have not been satisfactorily solved so far …

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 …

In 2007, the Wall Street Journal published an article claiming that each execution saves more than 70 lives. This … support the deterrence hypothesis. Moreover, we also point to some puzzles which have not been satisfactorily solved so far …

deterrence studies published between 1975 and 2011. The profession of the author turns out to be the only statistically sig …- nificant explanatory variable: Economists claim significantly more often to have found a sig- nificant deterrence effect than …

How should we think about crime deterrence in times of pandemics? The economic analysis of crime tells us that … effects on crime deterrence. The paper thus highlights the need to carefully consider which aspects are applicable given the … circumstances of the pandemic, as whether crime deterrence will increase or decrease should depend on the strength of the effects at …

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 …