کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5068330 1476908 2010 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The median juror and the trial of Socrates
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
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The median juror and the trial of Socrates
چکیده انگلیسی

A model of the mechanism used by the Classical Athenians to prosecute Socrates is presented. Two important features of such trials are, first, both the prosecutor and the defendant propose sanctions and, second, a jury takes a simple majority vote over the two proposals. The Classical Athenians created a mechanism to achieve a median-juror result. This sanction is a Condorcet Winner among all possible sanctions, responds to both the harm of the act and the uncertainty of guilt, and, under reasonable conditions, improves deterrence resulting in fewer crimes being committed.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: European Journal of Political Economy - Volume 26, Issue 4, December 2010, Pages 533-540
نویسندگان
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