Why not hang them all: The virtues of inefficient punishment

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 107, Issue 6 PART 2, 1999, Pages

  Friedman, David ^a  

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EID: 0033390119     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/250110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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