The deterrent effect of capital punishment: Evidence from a "judicial experiment"

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 512-535

  Dezhbakhsh, Hashem ^a   Shepherd, Joanna M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33745478379     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ei/cbj032     Document Type: Article

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