Why Do Budgets Received by State Prosecutors Vary Across Districts in the United States?
Depauw University - Department of Economics and Management
November 19, 2006
CAEPR Working Paper No. 2006-018
This paper analyzes how the budget allocated to state prosecutors varies from one district to another and the reasons for such variation by using theoretical and empirical methods. The main results of this paper are as follows: Other factors being equal, more politically conservative prosecutorial districts get less budget, this decrease in budget with political conservatism is steeper in more affluent and also in more populous districts, and that there are fixed costs in operating a prosecutor's office. Other less surprising results are that other factors remaining same, prosecutorial budget increases with the population, the crime rate, and with the affluence of the district.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 39
Keywords: Prosecuting Attorneys, District Attorneys, State Courts, Crime, Prosecution, Litigation Process, Budget
JEL Classification: K40, K41, K42, H72, H76
Date posted: November 22, 2006
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