Paul R. Zimmerman

U.S. Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics

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State Executions, Deterrence, and the Incidence of Murder

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State Executions, Deterrence, and the Incidence of Murder

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 03 Mar 2003
Paul R. Zimmerman
U.S. Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics
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capital punishment, executions, deterrence, murder

State Executions, Deterrence, and the Incidence of Murder

Journal of Applied Economics, Vol. 7, No. I, pp. 163-193, May 2004
Posted: 08 Oct 2004
Paul R. Zimmerman
U.S. Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics

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Capital punishment, deterrence, executions, murder

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The Sraffa-Hayek Debate on the Natural Rate of Interest

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 21 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2014
David Glasner and Paul R. Zimmerman
affiliation not provided to SSRN and U.S. Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics
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barter economy, business cycles, Fisher, Hayek, intertemporal equilibrium, Keynes, money, natural rate, own rate, Sraffa

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Trust But Verify: Lessons for the Empirical Evaluation of Law and Policy

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 24 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2014
Carlisle E. Moody, John R. Lott, Thomas B. Marvell and Paul R. Zimmerman
College of William and Mary - Department of Economics, Crime Prevention Research Center, Justec Research and U.S. Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics
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crime, guns, firerarms, right-to-carry laws, shall issue laws, National Research Council

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A Prospective Competitive Effects Analysis of the AT&T/Time Warner Merger

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 03 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 16 Sep 2019
Paul R. Zimmerman, George Chang and Shawn W. Ulrick
U.S. Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics, Grand Valley State University - Department of Finance and U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
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AT&T, foreclosure, pay-TV, vertical merger, video distribution

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Alcohol and Rape: An Economics-of-Crime Perspective

Florida State University College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 248, FSU College of Law, Law and Economics Paper No. 07-009
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 26 Feb 2007
Bruce L. Benson and Paul R. Zimmerman
Florida State University - Department of Economics and U.S. Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics
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Vertical Relationships and Competition in Retail Gasoline Markets: Comment

Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Economics, Working Paper No. 291
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 27 Sep 2007
Christopher T. Taylor, Paul R. Zimmerman and Nicholas Kreisle
U.S. Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics, U.S. Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics and U.S. Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics
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Gasoline, Merger Retrospective, Retail, Replication

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A Theoretical Analysis of Alcohol Regulation and Drinking-Related Economic Crime

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 13 Oct 2003
Paul R. Zimmerman
U.S. Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics
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drinking, crime, alcohol regulation

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The Effect of Section 271 on Competitive Entry into Local Telecommunications Markets: An Initial Evaluation

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 10 Feb 2003
Keith S. Brown and Paul R. Zimmerman
CNA Corporation and U.S. Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics
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Section 271, long-distance, telecommunications, deregulation, entry

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Defining Geographic Markets with Willingness to Travel Circles

Supreme Court Economic Review, Forthcoming and George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 18-38
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 12 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2019
Shawn W. Ulrick, Seth B. Sacher, Paul R. Zimmerman and John M. Yun
U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Independent, U.S. Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics and George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty
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antitrust, spatial competition, retail competition, actual loss, critical loss, SSNIP, significant non-transitory increase in price, HMT, hypothetical monopolist

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Edgeworth Price Cycles in Gasoline: Evidence from the U.S.

U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Economics Working Paper No. 303
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 26 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2018
Paul R. Zimmerman, John M. Yun and Christopher T. Taylor
U.S. Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics, George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty and U.S. Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics
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Retailing, Petroleum industry, Pricing, Gasoline, Dynamic oligopoly, Edgeworth price cycles

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Crime, Deterrence, Market Model, Private Security, Self-Protection

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The Competitive Impact of Hypermarket Retailers on Gasoline Prices

Posted: 28 Jan 2010
Paul R. Zimmerman
U.S. Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics

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Dealer tank wagon, Hypermarkets, Motor fuel SBC laws, Petroleum, Vertical integration

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On the Sustainability of Collusion in Bertrand Supergames with Discrete Pricing and Nonlinear Demand

Posted: 26 Jan 2010
Paul R. Zimmerman
U.S. Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics

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Bertrand Supergames, Cartels, Collusion Sustainability, Discrete Pricing, Nonlinear Demand

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Statistical Variability and the Deterrent Effect of the Death Penalty

American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 11, Issue 2, pp. 370-398, 2009
Posted: 25 Jan 2010
Paul R. Zimmerman
U.S. Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics

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On the Uses and 'Abuses' of Empirical Evidence in the Death Penalty Debate

Posted: 01 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2010
Paul R. Zimmerman
U.S. Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics

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capital punishment, death penalty, deterrence, executions, statistical inference

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Regional Bell Operating Company Entry into Long Distance and Non-Price Discrimination Against Rival Interexchange Carriers: Empirical Evidence from Panel Data

Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, Forthcoming
Posted: 17 Jun 2003
Paul R. Zimmerman
U.S. Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics

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access, non-price discrimination, sabotage, telecommunications, vertical integration

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Estimates of the Deterrent Effect of Alternative Execution Methods in the United States: 1978-2000

Posted: 27 Feb 2003
Paul R. Zimmerman
U.S. Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics

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executions, deterrence, methods of execution, capital punishment