Essays on the Economics of Crime, Corruption, and Institutions

Limjaroenrat, Vorada

Essays on the Economics of Crime, Corruption, and Institutions

dc.contributor.author	Limjaroenrat, Vorada
dc.date.accessioned	2025-08-21T09:31:45Z
dc.date.available	2025-08-21T09:31:45Z
dc.date.issued	2025-08-21
dc.description.abstract	The integrity of criminal justice institutions is essential to a country’s rule of law and economic development. This dissertation investigates how government actions and rules affect the behavior of key actors within the criminal justice system. It consists of three self-contained chapters, each based on newly collected administrative data from Thailand. The first two chapters focus on judges and their decisions. The first investigates how political pressure can affect court rulings and sentencing outcomes. The second explores why men and women sometimes receive different sentences for similar crimes. The third chapter shifts focus to the police force, examining how changes aimed at reducing corruption affect career advancement within the organization. Together, these studies reveal how rules, politics, and organizational structure interact within the criminal justice system—insights that are vital for developing policies to promote accountability and strengthen institutional performance.	sv
dc.gup.defencedate	2025-09-12
dc.gup.defenceplace	Friday 12 September at 10.15, E45, Vasagatan 1.	sv
dc.gup.department	Department of Economics ; Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik	sv
dc.gup.dissdb-fakultet	HHF
dc.gup.origin	University of Gothenburg. School of Business, Economics and Law.	sv
dc.identifier.isbn	978-91-88199-83-6 (PRINTED)
dc.identifier.isbn	978-91-88199-84-3 (ONLINE)
dc.identifier.issn	1651-4289 printed
dc.identifier.issn	1651-4298 online
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/2077/87726
dc.language.iso	eng	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	263	sv
dc.subject	Judges	sv
dc.subject	Monitoring	sv
dc.subject	Judicial reform	sv
dc.subject	Rule of Law	sv
dc.subject	Gender Gap	sv
dc.subject	Criminal justice	sv
dc.subject	Police promotion	sv
dc.subject	Corruption	sv
dc.subject	Law enforcement	sv
dc.title	Essays on the Economics of Crime, Corruption, and Institutions	sv
dc.type	Text
dc.type.degree	Doctor of Philosophy	sv
dc.type.svep	Doctoral thesis	eng