Messing Up Texas?: A Re-Analysis of the Effects of Executions on Homicides.
Executions in Texas from 1994-2005 do not deter homicides, COFFEE CHAGA contrary to the results of Land et al.(2009).We find that using different models--based on pre-tests for unit roots that correct for earlier model misspecifications--one cannot reject the null hypothesis that executions do not lead to a change in homicides in Texas over this pe