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Torture

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  • Sandeep Baliga
  • Jeffrey Ely

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We study the optimal dynamic torture scheme offered to an informed victim by a principal who cannot commit. We interpret the principal as the representative member of society (political leader, median voter etc.). We show that an arbitrarily long torture scheme is extremely costly to the principal, however great is the information held by the victim. Increasing the intensity of torture makes the principal worse off if the torture scheme is long enough.
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  • Sandeep Baliga & Jeffrey Ely, 2012. "Torture," NajEcon Working Paper Reviews 786969000000000630, www.najecon.org.
    • Handle: RePEc:cla:najeco:786969000000000630
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    1. Mialon, Hugo M. & Mialon, Sue H. & Stinchcombe, Maxwell B., 2012. "Torture in counterterrorism: Agency incentives and slippery slopes," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 96(1), pages 33-41.

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