Why higher punishment may reduce deterrence

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2009
Volume: 104
Issue: 2
Pages: 69-71

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Assuming that the willingness to find a potentially innocent defendant guilty is decreasing in punishments, we derive two results: Deterrence is decreasing when punishments are too high, and deterrence maximizing punishments tend to increase in the quality of legal systems.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:104:y:2009:i:2:p:69-71
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-25