Michael L Davis
Biographic Data
| ID | 5837780 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael L Davis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael L |
| FAMILY NAME | Davis |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIS M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Methodist University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Towards a positive theory of political rhetoric
The Demand for Good Government
The efficiency of governments may be influenced by institutional factors and by the intensity of monitoring by citizens. This paper develops a theory of optimal monitoring and then uses frontier estimation techniques to construct measures of efficiency f or police departments in 141 cities. Using these efficiency measures, i t is possible to test the extent to which efficiency is influenced by the presence of a professional city manager and by ch…
A critical review and an extension of the political shirking literature
Why is there a seniority system? To solve an agency problem
A test for pure or apparent ideology in congressional voting
Time and Punishment
If an increase in the rate at which a criminal commits crimes lowers the expected time until detection, the income from crime (net of expected fines) must be dis counted at a rate that varies with the crime rate. This paper models the criminal's choice of the optimal crime rate under such conditions. It is shown that, irrespective of the criminal's attitude toward risk, an increase in the probability of detection is more likely to deter crime tha…
Time and Punishment
If an increase in the rate at which a criminal commits crimes lowers the expected time until detection, the income from crime (net of expected fines) must be dis counted at a rate that varies with the crime rate. This paper models the criminal's choice of the optimal crime rate under such conditions. It is shown that, irrespective of the criminal's attitude toward risk, an increase in the probability of detection is more likely to deter crime tha…
Towards a positive theory of political rhetoric
A test for pure or apparent ideology in congressional voting
Time and Punishment
If an increase in the rate at which a criminal commits crimes lowers the expected time until detection, the income from crime (net of expected fines) must be dis counted at a rate that varies with the crime rate. This paper models the criminal's choice of the optimal crime rate under such conditions. It is shown that, irrespective of the criminal's attitude toward risk, an increase in the probability of detection is more likely to deter crime tha…
A test for pure or apparent ideology in congressional voting
Why is there a seniority system? To solve an agency problem
A critical review and an extension of the political shirking literature
The Demand for Good Government
The efficiency of governments may be influenced by institutional factors and by the intensity of monitoring by citizens. This paper develops a theory of optimal monitoring and then uses frontier estimation techniques to construct measures of efficiency f or police departments in 141 cities. Using these efficiency measures, i t is possible to test the extent to which efficiency is influenced by the presence of a professional city manager and by ch…
Towards a positive theory of political rhetoric
Economics (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Macroeconomics (4 works) · Public finance (4 works) · Microeconomics (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Econometrics (2 works)