Microeconomics (2nd Edition) (Pearson Series in Economics)
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Author: Daron Acemoglu, David Laibson, John List
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Cost of high powered incentives with regards to providing high wages to police officers and if it is a good idea to provide higher wages to police officers for making more arrests.
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