Self-policing and optimal law enforcement when violator remediation is valuable

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 107, Issue 6 PART 1, 1999, Pages 1305-1325

  Innes, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAW ENFORCEMENT; SELF GOVERNMENT;

EID: 0033375926     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/250098     Document Type: Article

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