Ocorrerá no dia 22/06/2022 às 16h o Seminário de Pesquisa “CAN BETTER JUDICIAL SYSTEMS PREVENT CRIME?” na área de Economia Aplicada, ministrado pela professora Laura Schiavon (UFJF).
Autores: Claudio Ferraz (University of British Columbia) e Laura Schiavon (UFJF)
Resumo: This paper studies the effect of judicial capacity on violent crimes. We use a regression discontinuity approach exploring the rules that determine the judicial district classification in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. They lead to a discontinuity in performance between first and second-level districts due to the concentration of more productive judges in higher-level courts driven by the promotion process. The improvement in judicial capacity reduces violent crime rates and increases the number of convicted prisoners. These findings support theoretical models that attest to the role of legal capacity in crime reduction.