The Effects of Punishment of Crime in Colombia on Deterrence, Incapacitation, and Human Capital Formation
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- Arlen Guarin & Carlos Medina & Jorge Andres Tamayo, 2013. "The Effects of Punishment of Crime in Colombia on Deterrence, Incapacitation, and Human Capital Formation," Research Department Publications IDB-WP-420, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department.
- Arlen Guarín & Carlos Medina & Jorge Andrés Tamayo, 2013. "The Effects of Punishment of Crime in Colombia on Deterrence, Incapacitation, and Human Capital Formation," Borradores de Economia 10972, Banco de la Republica.
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Keywords
Crime; Deterrence; Regression Discontinuity.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
- H56 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - National Security and War
- C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEM-2013-07-28 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-DEV-2013-07-28 (Development)
- NEP-HRM-2013-07-28 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LAM-2013-07-28 (Central and South America)
- NEP-LAW-2013-07-28 (Law and Economics)
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