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On the role of the exclusionary rule for optimal law enforcement effort

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  • Tim Friehe
  • Thomas J. Miceli

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This article explores the role of the exclusionary rule for improving the level of law enforcement. In a setup in which the enforcement authority and the offender choose effort levels in a struggle to influence the probability of detection, exclusion of excessive evidence can be welfare‐improving because it allows the social planner to commit to low enforcement effort.

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  • Tim Friehe & Thomas J. Miceli, 2018. "On the role of the exclusionary rule for optimal law enforcement effort," Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory, vol. 20(5), pages 757-767, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jpbect:v:20:y:2018:i:5:p:757-767
    DOI: 10.1111/jpet.12321
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