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Article: Credibility of Crime Allegations
| Title | Credibility of Crime Allegations |
|---|---|
| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2020 |
| Publisher | American Economic Association. The Journal's web site is located at https://www.aeaweb.org/journals/mic |
| Citation | American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2020, v. 12 n. 1, p. 220-259 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | The lack of hard evidence in allegations about sexual misconduct makes it difficult to separate true allegations from false ones. We provide a model in which victims and potential libelers face the same costs and benefits from making an allegation, but the tendency for perpetrators of sexual misconduct to engage in repeat offenses allows semiseparation to occur, which lends credibility to such allegations. Our model also explains why reports about sexual misconduct are often delayed, and why the public rationally assigns less credibility to these delayed reports. |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/281200 |
| ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.2 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 3.835 |
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| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.author | Lee, FX | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Suen, W | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-03-09T09:51:29Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2020-03-09T09:51:29Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2020, v. 12 n. 1, p. 220-259 | - |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1945-7669 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/281200 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | The lack of hard evidence in allegations about sexual misconduct makes it difficult to separate true allegations from false ones. We provide a model in which victims and potential libelers face the same costs and benefits from making an allegation, but the tendency for perpetrators of sexual misconduct to engage in repeat offenses allows semiseparation to occur, which lends credibility to such allegations. Our model also explains why reports about sexual misconduct are often delayed, and why the public rationally assigns less credibility to these delayed reports. | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.publisher | American Economic Association. The Journal's web site is located at https://www.aeaweb.org/journals/mic | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | American Economic Journal: Microeconomics | - |
| dc.rights | American Economic Journal: Microeconomics. Copyright © American Economic Association. | - |
| dc.title | Credibility of Crime Allegations | - |
| dc.type | Article | - |
| dc.identifier.email | Suen, W: hrneswc@hku.hk | - |
| dc.identifier.authority | Suen, W=rp00066 | - |
| dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1257/mic.20180231 | - |
| dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85079767509 | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 309340 | - |
| dc.identifier.volume | 12 | - |
| dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
| dc.identifier.spage | 220 | - |
| dc.identifier.epage | 259 | - |
| dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000528217600007 | - |
| dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
| dc.identifier.issnl | 1945-7669 | - |