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Toward an economic theory of religious belief and the emergence of law
Coşgel, Metin Murat; Miceli, Thomas J. - In: Journal of institutional and theoretical economics : JITE 175 (2019) 4, pp. 692-713
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168521
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The short- and long-run effects of private law enforcement : evidence from university police
Heaton, Paul S.; Hunt, Priscillia E.; MacDonald, John M.; … - 2015
known about the effects of private police on crime. The current study examines the relationship between a privately …-funded university police force and crime in a large U.S. city. Following an expansion of the jurisdictional boundary of the private … police force, we see no short-term change in crime. However, using a geographic regression discontinuity approach, we find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010472493
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Chapter 25. Economic Analysis of Law
Kaplow, Louis; Shavell, Steven - In: Handbook of public economics : volume 3, (pp. 1661-1784). 2002
This is a survey of economic analysis of law, that is, of the emerging field under which the standard tools of microeconomics are employed to identify the effects of legal rules and their social desirability. Five basic subject areas are covered. The first is legal liability for harm. Here we...
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The welfare effects of law enforcement in the illegal money lending market
Leong, Kaiwen; Li, Huailu; Pavanini, Nicola; Walsh, … - 2022
We estimate a structural model of borrowing and lending in the illegal money lending market using a unique panel survey of 1,090 borrowers taking out 11,032 loans from loan sharks. We use the model to evaluate the welfare effects of alternative law enforcement strategies. We find that a large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013262951
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Punitive police? : agency costs, law enforcement, and criminal procedure
Dharmapala, Dhammika; Garoupa, Nuno; McAdams, Richard H. - 2015 - Revised version: April 2015
Criminal law enforcement depends on the actions of public agents such as police officers, but the resulting agency problems have been neglected in the law and economics literature (especially outside the specific context of corruption). We develop an agency model of police behavior that...
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Baargh-gaining with Somali pirates
Groot, Olaf J. de; Rablen, Matthew D.; Shortland, Anja - 2012
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Optimal warning strategies : punishment ought not to be inflicted where the penal provision is not properly conveyed
Mungan, Murat C. - In: Review of law and economics : publ. in cooperation with … 9 (2013) 3, pp. 303-339
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Should offenders' gains be counted? : on efficient crimes and unjust laws
Miceli, Thomas J. - 2021
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Crime and (a preference for) punishment : the effects of drug policy reform on policing activity
Soliman, Adam - 2021
environment. Using geocoded crime data and a novel source of within-city spatial and temporal variation in punishment severity, I … consistent with police treating enforcement effort and punishment severity as complementary. I also find that citywide crime and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012607030
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Imperfect law enforcement, informality, and organized crime
Mascarúa, Lara Miguel A. - 2022
? To quantify it, a general equilibrium occupational model is developed in which there is room for drug trafficking, crime …
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