Why Kill Politicians? A Rational Choice Analysis of Political Assassinations
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- Bruno S. Frey, 2007. "Why Kill Politicians? A Rational Choice Analysis of Political Assassinations," CREMA Working Paper Series 2007-08, Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA).
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Keywords
Rational choice; democracy; dictatorship; assassination; deterrence;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
- D70 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - General
- K14 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Criminal Law
- K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
- Z10 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2008-02-09 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-HIS-2008-02-09 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-LAW-2008-02-09 (Law and Economics)
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