The deterrent effect of death penalty eligibility: Evidence from the adoption of child murder eligibility factors

American Law and Economics Review

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 451-497

  Frakes, Michael ^a   Harding, Matthew ^b  

^a HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77950792388     PISSN: 14657252     EISSN: 14657260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aler/ahp021     Document Type: Article

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