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dc.contributor.authorKirchgässner, Gebharden
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-08-
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-29T11:20:59Z-
dc.date.available2011-06-29T11:20:59Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/46540-
dc.description.abstractIn 2007, the Wall Street Journal published an article claiming that each execution saves more than 70 lives. This example is used to show how easy it is, using simple or advanced econometric techniques, to produce results that do or do not support the deterrence hypothesis. Moreover, we also point to some puzzles which have not been satisfactorily solved so far. We then present a critical survey of the papers published in the last ten years. It is shown how simple changes can produce quite different results using the same data. Finally, we draw some conclusions about the usefulness of statistical arguments in policy debates, but also on the moral questions involved in this particular debate.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x3443en
dc.subject.jelK14en
dc.subject.jelK42en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keyworddeath penaltyen
dc.subject.keyworddeterrenceen
dc.subject.keywordeconometric evidenceen
dc.subject.keywordideologyen
dc.subject.stwStrafeen
dc.subject.stwKriminalpolitiken
dc.subject.stwÖkonometrieen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleEconometric estimates of deterrence of the death penalty: Facts or ideology?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn661596729en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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