The Economics of Prosecutors

Nuno Garoupa

Chapter 9 in Research Handbook on the Economics of Criminal Law, 2012 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Jeremy Bentham and Gary Becker established the tradition of analyzing criminal law in utilitarian and economic terms. This seminal book continues that tradition with specially commissioned, original papers that span the philosophical foundations of the use of economics in criminal law, both traditional economic perspectives and behavioral and experimental approaches to the discipline.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Law - Academic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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