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Enforcement Costs and the Optimal Magnitude and Probability of Fines

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Polinsky, A Mitchell
Shavell, Steven

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Volume (Year): 35 (1992)
Issue (Month): 1 (April)
Pages: 133-48
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  1. A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell, 1984. "Pigouvian Taxation with Administrative Costs," NBER Working Papers 0742, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. Gary S. Becker, 1968. "Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 76, pages 169. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  3. Stigler, George J, 1970. "The Optimum Enforcement of Laws," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 78(3), pages 526-36, May-June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Steven Shavell, 1989. "Specific Versus General Enforcement of Law," NBER Working Papers 3062, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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