Letter: A Reply to Rubin on the Death Penalty

John Donohue and Justin Wolfers

The Economists' Voice, 2006, vol. 3, issue 5, 3

Abstract: Contrary to Paul Rubin's recent testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, we believe the fragility of their estimates and the invalidity of their instrumental variables undermine Dezhbakhsh, Rubin, and Shepherd's work as evidence that the death penalty deters murder.

Date: 2006
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