A review of the econometric evidence on the effects of capital punishment

Abstract This paper chiefly surveys the econometric work on the effect of capital punishment. It also provides a case study of how econometric methods are used by economists in an area where it is not always easy to keep prior belief separate from scientific inquiry.

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