Criminal Law and Economics

Edited by Nuno Garoupa

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Abstract: Criminal Law and Economics applies economic theory to explain crime, law enforcement, criminal law and criminal procedure. This pathbreaking book draws together sixteen chapters by leading scholars in the field, summarizing theoretical and empirical work researched to date on criminal law and economics. The topics range from private and public enforcement of the law, criminal procedure and regulation to terrorism, cyber crime and tax evasion. The expert contributors also cover the political economy of criminal law as well as behavioral criminal law and economics.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Law - Academic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
ISBN: 9781847202758
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Public Enforcement of Law

A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell

Ch 2 Private Enforcement of Law

Reza Rajabiun

Ch 3 Criminal Law and Regulation

Anthony Ogus

Ch 4 Criminal Law and Torts

Antony Dnes

Ch 5 Criminal Procedure

Thomas J. Miceli

Ch 6 Plea-Bargaining and Prosecution

Oren Gazal-Ayal and Limor Riza

Ch 7 Political Economy of Criminal Procedure

Keith N. Hylton and Vikramaditya S. Khanna

Ch 8 The Economics of Capital Punishment

Joanna M. Shepherd

Ch 9 Corporate Crime

Wallace P. Mullin and Christopher Snyder

Ch 10 Organized Crime

Vimal Kumar and Stergios Skaperdas

Ch 11 Corruption

Roger Bowles

Ch 12 Tax Evasion and Avoidance

Luigi Alberto Franzoni

Ch 13 Environmental Crimes

Michael Faure

Ch 14 Cyber Crime

Mark Cohen

Ch 15 Terrorism

Nuno Garoupa, Jonathan Klick and Francesco Parisi

Ch 16 Behavioral Criminal Law and Economics

Richard H. McAdams and Thomas S. Ulen

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