The political economy of enforcer liability for wrongful police stops |
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Authors: | Tim Friehe Murat C Mungan |
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Institution: | 1. School of Business and Economics, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany;2. Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia |
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Abstract: | This article questions whether excessive policing practices can persist in an environment where law enforcement policies are subject to political pressures. Specifically, it considers a setting where the police decide whether to conduct stops based on the suspiciousness of a person's behavior and the potential liability for conducting a wrongful stop. We establish that the liability level that results in a voting equilibrium is smaller than optimal, and consequently, that excessive policing practices emerge in equilibrium. |
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