Murat C. Mungan

Texas A&M University School of Law

1515 Commerce St.

Fort Worth, TX 76102

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1.

The Effect of Public Health Insurance on Criminal Recidivism

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 41, 2022, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 19-19, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-38
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 25 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2023
Erkmen Giray Aslim, Murat C. Mungan, Carlos Navarro and Han Yu
Grand Valley State University - Seidman School of Business, Texas A&M University School of Law, Texas A&M University - Private Enterprise Research Center and University of Memphis
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Medicaid, Recidivism, Affordable Care Act, Substance Use Disorder

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The Scope of Criminal Law

Research Handbook on the Economics of Criminal Law, A. Harel, K. Hylton, eds., 2012
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 06 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2013
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Positive Sanctions versus Imprisonment

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Positive Sanctions versus Imprisonment

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 19-03
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 18 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 09 Aug 2019
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Positive sanctions, carrots, sticks, crime, deterrence, imprisonment, mass incarceration, over-incarceration

Rewards versus Imprisonment

American Law and Economics Review (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 17 Mar 2021
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Rewards, carrots, sticks, crime, deterrence, imprisonment, mass incarceration, over-incarceration

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Reverse Payments, Perverse Incentives

Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2013, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 674, FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper No. 14-2
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 10 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2016
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Reverse Payment Settlements, Patent, Drugs, ANDA, R&D

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The Law and Economics of Fluctuating Criminal Tendencies and Incapacitation

72 Maryland Law Review 156 (2012), FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 570, FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper No. 12-1
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 19 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2013
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Crime, deterrence, incapacitation, criminal tendencies, rationality, deterrability, recidivism, remorse

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The Effects of Racial Profiling, Taste-Based Discrimination, and Enforcer Liability on Crime

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The Effects of Racial Profiling, Taste-Based Discrimination, and Enforcer Liability on Crime

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 17-27
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 23 May 2017 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2020
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Racial profiling, statistical discrimination, taste-based discrimination, incentives of law enforcers, crime, deterrence

Discrimination and Deterrence with Enforcer Liability

Am. L. & Econ. Rev., Forthcoming, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 17-27
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 12 Dec 2019
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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racial profiling, statistical discrimination, taste-based discrimination, law enforcer incentives, crime, deterrence

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A Utilitarian Justification for Heightened Standards of Proof in Criminal Trials

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Vol. 167, No. 2, 2011, CLEA 2009 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 30 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2011
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Standard of Proof, Judicial Error, Crime and Deterrence, Precautionary Activity

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Reducing Crime Through Expungements

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 786, FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper No. 16-2
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 05 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2017
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Expungements, criminal tendencies, general deterrence, specific deterrence, second chance

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Inmate Assistance Programs: Toward a Less Punitive and More Effective Criminal Justice System

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 22-32
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 25 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2022
Murat C. Mungan, Erkmen Giray Aslim and Yijia Lu
Texas A&M University School of Law, Grand Valley State University - Seidman School of Business and George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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Recidivism, rehabilitation, substance use disorder, mental health, crime, deterrence, imprisonment

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Forfeiture of Illegal Gains, Attempts and Implied Risk Preferences

Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 43, P. 137, 2014, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 576, FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper No. 12-2, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 12-18
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 05 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2014
Murat C. Mungan and Jonathan Klick
Texas A&M University School of Law and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Crime, Deterrence, Risk Preferences, Punishment

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Reducing False Guilty Pleas and Wrongful Convictions through Exoneree Compensation

59 Journal of Law and Economics 73 (2016), FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 705, FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper No. 14-12, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 14-34
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 03 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2016
Murat C. Mungan and Jonathan Klick
Texas A&M University School of Law and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Exoneration, Compensation, Wrongful Convictions, Judicial Errors, Deterrence

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The Easterbrook Theorem: An Application to Digital Markets

Yale Law Journal Forum, Vol. 130, pp. 622-646, 2021, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 21-04
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Jan 2021
Joshua D. Wright and Murat C. Mungan
Independent and Texas A&M University School of Law
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digital monopolists, digital economy, digital markets, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Easterbrook Theorem, antitrust law, monopolization law

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Optimal Standards of Proof in Antitrust

International Review of Law and Economics, Forthcoming, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 19-20
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 30 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2023
Murat C. Mungan and Joshua D. Wright
Texas A&M University School of Law and Independent
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Antitrust, standard of proof, deterrence, Easterbrook.

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Over-Incarceration and Disenfranchisement

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Over-Incarceration and Disenfranchisement

Public Choice, Forthcoming, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 16-43
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 05 Apr 2017
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Disenfranchisement; over-incarceration; mass incarceration; imprisonment; crime and deterrence; representative voter theorem

Over-Incarceration and Disenfranchisement with Population Growth

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 16-43
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 02 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2017
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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disenfranchisement, over-incarceration, mass incarceration, imprisonment, crime and deterrence, median voter theorem

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The Case Against Expanding Defamation Law

71 Ala. L. Rev. 453 (2019), U of Alabama Legal Studies Research Paper No. 3311527
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 17 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2020
Yonathan A. Arbel and Murat C. Mungan
University of Alabama - School of Law and Texas A&M University School of Law
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defamation, libel, first amendment, rational audience, free speech, free press, torts

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A Welfare Analysis of Medicaid and Crime

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 22-11
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 18 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2022
Erkmen Giray Aslim, Murat C. Mungan and Han Yu
Grand Valley State University - Seidman School of Business, Texas A&M University School of Law and University of Memphis
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Medicaid, Crime, Affordable Care Act, MVPF

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Less Protection, More Innovation?

22 Supreme Court Economic Review 123 (2014), FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 507, FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper No. 11-10
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 21 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2016
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Stigma Dilution and Over-Criminalization

18 American Law and Economics Review 88 (2016), FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 717, FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper No. 14-16
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 07 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2016
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Stigma, Decriminalization, Over-criminalization, Deterrence, Crime and Punishment, Criminal Records, Expungements, Marijuana Possession.

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Gateway Crimes

Alabama Law Review, Forthcoming, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 16-36
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 23 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 26 Nov 2016
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Recidivism, gateway effects, gateway drugs, over-criminalization

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Don't Say You're Sorry Unless You Mean It: Pricing Apologies to Achieve Credibility

International Review of Law and Economics, 32, 2012, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 546, FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper No. 12-3
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 26 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2012
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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apology, crime and deterrence, remorse, optimal sanctions

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Identifying Criminals’ Risk Preferences

Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 91, P. 791, 2016, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 15-5, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 740, FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper No. 15-8
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2016
Murat C. Mungan and Jonathan Klick
Texas A&M University School of Law and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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The Effect of Type-1 Error on Deterrence

FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 687, International Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 53, 2018
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 27 May 2014 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2020
Henrik Lando and Murat C. Mungan
Copenhagen Business School - CBS Law and Texas A&M University School of Law
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Type-I errors, Wrongful Convictions, Judicial Errors, Crime and Deterrence, Torts, Accuracy

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Optimal Warning Strategies: Punishment Ought not to be Inflicted where the Penal Provision is not Properly Conveyed

9 Review of Law and Economics 303 (2013), FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper No. 11-8, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 505
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 08 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2016
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Warnings, Optimal Sanctions, Repeat Offenders, Crime and Deterrence

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A Theory of Unenforced Laws

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 21-15
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 24 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2021
Thomas J. Miceli and Murat C. Mungan
University of Connecticut - Department of Economics and Texas A&M University School of Law
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Crime, illegality, law enforcement, expressive function of law

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Statistical (and Racial) Discrimination, 'Ban the Box', and Crime Rates

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 17-13, American Law and Economics Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 27 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2018
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Statistical discrimination, ban the box, crime, deterrence, racial heterogeneity.

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The Certainty versus the Severity of Punishment, Repeat Offenders, and Stigmatization

Economics Letters, Forthcoming, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 16-33
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 06 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2016
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Repeat offenders, escalating punishment schemes, declining punishment schemes, stigma, criminogenic effects, certainty of punishment, severity of punishment, deterrence, risk attitudes.

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On the Optimality of Sealing Criminal Records, and How It Relates to Adverse Selection, Productivity Reduction, and Stigma

FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 709, FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper No. 14-13
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 01 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2015
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Stigma, Expungement, Criminal Records, Deterrence

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Political Uncertainty and the Market for IPOs

41 Journal of Corporation Law 431 (2015), FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 761, FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper No. 15-17
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 10 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2016
Jay Kesten and Murat C. Mungan
Florida State University - College of Law and Texas A&M University School of Law
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Political Uncertainty, IPO, Underpricing

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Abandoned Criminal Attempts: An Economic Analysis

67 Alabama Law Review 1 (2015), FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 652, FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper No. 15-11
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 26 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2016
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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attempts, abandonment, voluntary, involuntary, optimal punishment, crime, deterrence, incapacitation, dangerousness, mitigation

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A Behavioral Justification for Escalating Punishment Schemes

37 International Review of Law and Economics 189 (2014), FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 602, FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 17 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2015
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Lapse, weak will, repeat offenders, law enforcement, deterrence, escalating penalties

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The Signal-Tuning Function of Liability Regimes

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The Signal-Tuning Function of Liability Regimes

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 17-37
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 30 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2018
Claude Fluet and Murat C. Mungan
Université Laval and Texas A&M University School of Law
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Informal Sanctions, Reputational Sanctions, Fault-Based Liability, Strict Liability, Burden of Proof

The Signal-Tuning Function of Liability Regimes

CRREP working paper serie 2017-07
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 22 May 2018
Claude Fluet and Murat C. Mungan
Université Laval and Texas A&M University School of Law
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Informal sanctions, reputational sanctions, fault-based liability, strict liability, burden of proof

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Economics of the Independent Invention Defense Under Incomplete Information

Supreme Court Economic Review, Vol. 20, 2012
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 06 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 03 Jan 2015
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Patents, Independent Invention, Incomplete Information

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Proxy Crimes

American Criminal Law Review, Forthcoming, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 21-10
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 19 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2021
Piotr Bystranowski and Murat C. Mungan
Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics; Jagiellonian University and Texas A&M University School of Law
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Welfare Enhancing Regulation Exemptions

International Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 31, No. 4, 2011, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 504, FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper No. 11-7
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2012
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Regulation, Optimal Deterrence, Exemptions

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Justifications, Excuses, and Affirmative Defenses

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (Forthcoming), George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 18-37
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 02 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2019
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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justifications, excuses, defenses, affirmative defenses, judicial error, deterrence, punishment costs

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The Exclusionary Rule Revisited

The Journal of Legal Studies, Forthcoming, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 20-18
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 28 May 2020 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2021
Nuno Garoupa and Murat C. Mungan
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School and Texas A&M University School of Law
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Exclusionary rule, innocent suspects, harassment, deterrence

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Defamation with Bayesian Audiences

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Defamation with Bayesian Audiences

Journal of Legal Studies (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 Aug 2022
Yonathan A. Arbel and Murat C. Mungan
University of Alabama - School of Law and Texas A&M University School of Law
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Defamation, Bayesian audience, information regulation, disclosure, libel, slander

Regulating Information with Bayesian Audiences

U of Alabama Legal Studies Research Paper No. 3452662, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper 19-28
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 16 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 09 Aug 2022
Yonathan A. Arbel and Murat C. Mungan
University of Alabama - School of Law and Texas A&M University School of Law
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information regulation, defamation, disclosure

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Salience and the Severity Versus the Certainty of Punishment

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 16-28, International Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 57, 2019
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 08 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2020
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Wrongful Convictions and the Punishment of Attempts

42 International Review of Law and Economics 79 (2015)., FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 658, FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 06 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2015
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Type-I errors, Attempts, Wrongful Convictions, Judicial Errors, Crime and Deterrence, Optimal Sanctions

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Discounting and Criminals' Implied Risk Preferences

Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 11, P. 19, 2015, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 14-15, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 672, FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 17 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2015
Murat C. Mungan and Jonathan Klick
Texas A&M University School of Law and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Crime, deterrence, risk, punishment, discounting

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Repeat Offenders: If They Learn We Punish Them More Severely

International Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 30, No. 2, 2010
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 06 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2012
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Repeat Offenders, Crime and Deterrence, Optimal Sanctions

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A Reputational View of Antitrust’s Consumer Welfare Standard

Houston Law Review, Vol. 61, 2023, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 23-05, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-11
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 29 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2023
Murat C. Mungan and John M. Yun
Texas A&M University School of Law and George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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antitrust law, antitrust reform, consumer welfare standard, public interest standard, reputation effects, stigma dilution, optimal enforcement, deterrence

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The Effect of Evidentiary Rules on Conviction Rates

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 203, 2022, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 20-17, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-35
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 08 May 2020 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2023
Alex Lundberg and Murat C. Mungan
West Virginia University - Department of Economics and Texas A&M University School of Law
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Criminal, Evidence, Jury, Trial, Wrongful Conviction

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Judge Skill, Monotonicity, and Treatment Effects

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2023
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Judge decisions, monotonicity, instrumental variables, local average treatment effects, average treatment effects, judge design.

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Optimal Preventive Law Enforcement and Stopping Standards

FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 701, American Law and Economics Review (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 17 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2018
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Preventive Enforcement, Stopping Standards, Inconvenience Costs, Crime and Deterrence.

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Fundraising and Optimal Policy Rules

14 Journal of Public Economic Theory, 625 (2012).
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 06 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2012
Murat C. Mungan and Barış K Yörük
Texas A&M University School of Law and Boston College - Department of Economics
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Fundraising, Regulatory Policy

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Duress as Rent-Seeking

99 Minn. L. Rev. 1423 (2015), FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 663
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 17 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 18 Feb 2019
Mark Seidenfeld and Murat C. Mungan
Florida State University College of Law and Texas A&M University School of Law
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Duress, rent-seeking, contracts, settlements

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Accuracy and Preferences for Legal Error

American Law and Economics Review, Forthcoming, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 20-33
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 14 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2023
Murat C. Mungan, Marie Obidzinski and Yves Oytana
Texas A&M University School of Law, Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and Université de Bourgogne
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Crime, deterrence, legal errors, accuracy, standard of proof, election

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Reputational versus Beckerian Sanctions

American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 24, 2022, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 20-30, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-24
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 04 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2023
Claude Fluet and Murat C. Mungan
Université Laval and Texas A&M University School of Law
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Optimal Deterrence, Law Enforcement, Beckerian Sanctions, Reputational Sanctions

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The General versus Specific Deterrence Effects of Expungements: Experimental Evidence

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 19-10
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 01 May 2019 Last Revised: 03 May 2019
Romain Espinosa, Gregory J. DeAngelo, Bruno Deffains, Murat C. Mungan and Rustam Romaniuc
CIRED, International Research Center on Environment & Development, France, Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University, Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas, Texas A&M University School of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Expungement, Specific Deterrence, General Deterrence, Recidivism, Social Sanctions, Legal Norms

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Laws and Norms with (Un)Observable Actions

European Economic Review, Vol. 145, 2022, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 20-25, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-20
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 24 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2023
Claude Fluet and Murat C. Mungan
Université Laval and Texas A&M University School of Law
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Norms, social concerns, reputation, esteem, stigma, signaling, regulation

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Wrongful Convictions, Deterrence, and Stigma Dilution

Supreme Court Economic Review, Forthcoming, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 17-43
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 10 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2018
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Stigma, wrongful convictions, type-1 error, mistakes of act, mistakes of identity, deterrence

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Predictable Punishments

forthcoming, U.C. Irvine L. Rev. Vol. 11
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 19 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2020
Brian D. Galle and Murat C. Mungan
Georgetown University Law Center and Texas A&M University School of Law
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criminal law, sentencing, optimal incentives, choice of instruments, fines, cost-benefit analysis, regulation

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Optimal Enforcement with Heterogeneous Private Costs of Punishment

The Journal of Legal Studies, Forthcoming , George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 19-11
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 01 May 2019 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2021
Brian D. Galle and Murat C. Mungan
Georgetown University Law Center and Texas A&M University School of Law
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Optimal Enforcement, Fines, Choice of Instruments, Heterogeneous Incentives, Externalities, Regulation

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Letting Offenders Choose Their Punishment?

Kyklos, Vol. 75, 2022, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 22-24, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-30
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 06 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2023
Gilles Grolleau, Murat C. Mungan and Naoufel Mzoughi
Montpellier SupAgro and Researcher at LAMETA, Texas A&M University School of Law and INRA Ecodéveloppement
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behavioral economics, economics of crime, punishment menu

56.

Conditional Privacy Rights

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Forthcoming, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 16-29
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 14 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2016
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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57.

Optimal Non-Prosecution Agreements and the Reputational Effects of Convictions

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 17-40, International Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 59, 2019
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 26 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2020
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Reputational Sanctions, Non-Prosecution Agreements, Deferred Prosecution Agreements, Deterrence, Over-Deterrence

58.

Optimal Imprisonment and Fines with Non-Discriminatory Sentences

Economics Letters, Forthcoming, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 19-14
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 14 May 2019 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2019
Nuno Garoupa and Murat C. Mungan
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School and Texas A&M University School of Law
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Optimal Enforcement, Imprisonment, Fines

59.

Mere Preparation

FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 751, FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper No. 15-15, Review of Law & Economics, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2018
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 20 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2020
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Mere preparation, proximity, attempts, optimal punishment.

60.

Sanction Severity Influences Learning About Enforcement Policy: Experimental Evidence

Journal of Legal Studies, Forthcoming, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-15
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 28 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2023
Tim Friehe, Pascal Langenbach and Murat C. Mungan
University of Marburg, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods and Texas A&M University School of Law
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Beliefs, Crime, Sanction, Detection Probability, Updating, Learning

61.

Whistle-Blowing and the Incentive to Hire

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 18-22
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 23 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2020
Jef De Mot and Murat C. Mungan
University of Münster and Texas A&M University School of Law
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whistle-blowing, crime, deterrence, hiring incentives

62.

Rewards versus Imprisonment: The Impact of Choice

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 21-17
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 06 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2021
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Rewards, imprisonment, choice, carrots, sticks, crime, deterrence, mass incarceration, over-incarceration.

63.

Avoidance, Errors and the Optimal Standard of Proof

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 18-18
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 20 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2018
Murat C. Mungan and Andrew Samuel
Texas A&M University School of Law and Loyola University Maryland
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Standard of Proof; Deterrence; Avoidance; Preponderance of the Evidence

64.

A Generalized Model for Reputational Sanctions and the (Ir)Relevance of the Interactions between Legal and Reputational Sanctions

46 International Review of Law and Economics 86 (2016)., FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 793
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 11 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2023
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Stigma, Reputational Sanctions, Informal Sanctions, Extralegal Sanctions, Nonlegal Sanctions, Deterrence

65.

The Limit of Law: Factors Influencing the Decision to Make Harmful Acts Illegal

Economics of Governance, Forthcoming, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 20-22
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 23 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2021
Thomas J. Miceli and Murat C. Mungan
University of Connecticut - Department of Economics and Texas A&M University School of Law
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Crime, illegality, law enforcement, expressive function of law

66.

Sharing of Cost Related Information Can Increase Consumer Welfare Under Risk-Aversion

FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 768, FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper No. 15-21, Review of Law & Economics, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2019
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 17 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2020
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Information Sharing, Cost Uncertainty, Risk-Aversion, Consumer Welfare, Firm-Specific Information

67.

Punishment Menus

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 21-05
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 27 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 23 May 2023
Mauricio Guim, Jonathan Klick and Murat C. Mungan
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and Texas A&M University School of Law
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Crime, leniency, deterrence, self-reporting, regulation

68.

Legislating for Profit and Optimal Eighth Amendment Review

Economic Inquiry (Forthcoming), George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 20-12
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 29 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2020
Murat C. Mungan and Thomas J. Miceli
Texas A&M University School of Law and University of Connecticut - Department of Economics
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69.

A Note on Productive and Dynamic Inefficiencies of Intermediate Regulatory Sanctions

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 19-07, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Vol. 20, No. 1, 2020
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 19 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2020
Tim Friehe and Murat C. Mungan
University of Marburg and Texas A&M University School of Law
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Regulation, Sanctions, Compliance, Technology

70.

Access to Substance Use Disorder Treatment During COVID-19: Implications from Reduced Local Jail Populations

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment (Forthcoming), George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 20-27
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 23 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2021
Erkmen Giray Aslim and Murat C. Mungan
Grand Valley State University - Seidman School of Business and Texas A&M University School of Law
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Incarceration, health care, SUD, COVID

71.

The Property-Contract Balance: Comment

172 Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 70 (2016), FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper No. 15-28, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 783
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 05 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2016
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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72.

Investments to Make Threats Credible, Rent-Seeking, and Duress

23 Supreme Court Economic Review 341 (2015), FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 778, FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper No. 15-23
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 25 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2016
Murat C. Mungan and Mark Seidenfeld
Texas A&M University School of Law and Florida State University College of Law
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Duress, rent-seeking, wealth-transfer, credible threat

73.

Stricter Community Supervision, More Recidivism? An Ego-Depletion Theory

Review of Law & Economics, Vol. 19, Iss. 2, 2023, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 23-06
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 31 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2023
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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community supervision, parole, probation, recidivism, ego-depletion, self-control, impulsivity

74.

The Impact of Legal Team Size on Third Party Perceptions

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 21-11
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 18 May 2021 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2023
Gilles Grolleau, Murat C. Mungan and Naoufel Mzoughi
Montpellier SupAgro and Researcher at LAMETA, Texas A&M University School of Law and INRA Ecodéveloppement
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lawyers, third party perceptions, moral judgement, social intuitionism, luck envy

75.

The Political Economy of Enforcer Liability for Wrongful Police Stops

Journal of Public Economic Theory (Forthcoming), George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 19-23
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2020
Tim Friehe and Murat C. Mungan
University of Marburg and Texas A&M University School of Law
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Crime; Police Stops; Political Economy; Liability

76.

The Optimal Standard of Proof with Adjudication Avoidance

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 18-47, Review of Law & Economics, forthcoming
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 04 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 05 Feb 2020
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Standard of proof, avoidance, audit, deterrence, evidence, judicial error

77.

Punishment Menus and Their Deterrent Effects: An Exploratory Analysis

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 22-30
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 12 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 02 Aug 2022
Gilles Grolleau, Murat C. Mungan and Naoufel Mzoughi
Montpellier SupAgro and Researcher at LAMETA, Texas A&M University School of Law and INRA Ecodéveloppement
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Behavioral economics, calculative mindset, ethical mindset, economics of crime, punishment menu

78.

False Proxies for Enforcement Distortions in 'Policing for Profit' Research

Economics Letters, Vol. 230, 111237, September 2023, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 27 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2023
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Policing for profit, crime, enforcement, speeding.

79.

Private Protection Against Crime and Public Policing: Political Economy Considerations

Economics Letters, Vol. 220, 110858, November 2022, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 22-34, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-27
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 02 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 14 Sep 2023
Tim Friehe and Murat C. Mungan
University of Marburg and Texas A&M University School of Law
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Crime, Private Protection, Public Policing, Theft

80.

A Note on the Effects of State Dependent Benefits on Optimal Law Enforcement

Review of Law & Economics, Vol. 6, No. 1, Article 4, 2010
Posted: 06 Apr 2011
Murat C. Mungan
Texas A&M University School of Law

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