A note on death penalty executions and business cycles in U.S. federal states: Is there any nexus?

Bernd Süssmuth

Economics Bulletin, 2004, vol. 11, issue 2, 1-9

Abstract: Only legal facts should affect the application of the death penalty. This maxim is manifested in the U.S. constitution and stipulated by the Supreme Court. With regard to extra-legal economic factors, it has been applied to practice from 1950 to 1990 with the exception of two states: For Louisiana and Utah a significant countercyclical enforcement is found. A marginal increase of the economic conditions in these two states significantly reduces the probability of the performance of executions in a certain year.

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Date: 2004-04-14
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