Domestic Violence, Strategic Behavior, and Ideological Rent-Seeking
20 Pages Posted: 12 Jul 2006 Last revised: 5 Mar 2014
Date Written: March 3, 2014
Abstract
This paper examines a number of empirical patterns, puzzles, and anomalies relating to the problem of domestic violence in Puerto Rico that heretofore have been overlooked in the scholarly literature. The author concludes that domestic violence legislation is the product of 'ideological rent-seeking' among issue-oriented pressure groups and, once enacted, often creates perverse incentives for strategic behavior.
Keywords: domestic violence, rent-seeking, strategic behavior
JEL Classification: K14, K42
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Guerra-Pujol, F. E., Domestic Violence, Strategic Behavior, and Ideological Rent-Seeking (March 3, 2014). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=915929 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.915929
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