Another Look at the Deterrent Effect of Death Penalty

Choe, Jongmook

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1353165

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Another Look at the Deterrent Effect of Death Penalty

Jongmook Choe

University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

March 4, 2009

Abstract:
There is a question whether the execution rate is appropriate to examine the deterrent effect of death penalty. Instead of using execution rate, this paper uses dummy variables to categorize states into different groups and to compare the group mean homicide rates. With U.S. state-level panel data for the period 1995 - 2006, this paper fails to find a significant homicide-reducing effect of death penalty.

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Keywords: Death Penalty, Execution, Homicide, Deterrence, Dummy Variable

JEL Classification: K14, K42

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Date posted: March 5, 2009

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Choe, Jongmook, Another Look at the Deterrent Effect of Death Penalty (March 4, 2009). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1353165 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1353165

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Jongmook Choe (Contact Author)

University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs ( email )

Austin, TX 78713
United States