Uses and Abuses of Empirical Evidence in the Death Penalty Debate

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 the...

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Main Author: John J. Donohue III (Author)
Contributors: Justin Wolfers
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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