Why do budgets received by state prosecutors vary across districts in the United States?
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Keywords
Prosecuting Attorneys; District Attorneys; State Courts; Crime; Prosecution; Litigation Process; Budget;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K40 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - General
- K41 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Litigation Process
- K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
- H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
- H76 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Other Expenditure Categories
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAW-2006-12-01 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-POL-2006-12-01 (Positive Political Economics)
- NEP-URE-2006-12-01 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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