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The Death Penalty: No Evidence for Deterrence

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John Donohue (Yale University)
Justin Wolfers (The Wharton School- U.Penn, CEPR, IZA & NBER)

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Abstract

John Donohue and Justin Wolfers argue that Gary Becker and Richard Posner are wrong to think that the death penalty deters murder: they find little empirical support for the claim. If anything, when one looks over the longest period possible (1934-2000) there is more evidence that the death penalty stimulates murder than that it deters murder.

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Article provided by Berkeley Electronic Press in its journal The Economists' Voice.

Volume (Year): 3 (2006)
Issue (Month): 5 ()
Pages: 3
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Keywords: death penalty capital punishment deterrence

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  1. Ethan Cohen-Cole & Steven Durlauf & Jeffrey Fagan & Daniel Nagin, 2007. "Model uncertainty and the deterrent effect of capital punishment," Quantitative Analysis Unit Working Paper QAU07-3, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. [Downloadable!]
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