Re: Deciding what to do about speeding ticket in Oregon on I-5

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From: John Reiser
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:17

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>>http://www.thenewspaper.com/rlc/docs/2007/gmu-outofstate.pdf
>>
>>Political Economy at Any Speed: What Determines Traffic Citations?
>>Michael Makowsky
>>Department of Economics
>>George Mason University
>>Thomas Stratmann
>>Department of Economics
>>George Mason University
>>January 2007
>>
>>In this paper we study the political economy determinants of traffic 
>>fines. Speeding tickets are not only determined by the speed of the 
>>offender, but by incentives faced by police officers and their vote 
>>maximizing principals.
> 
> 
> What is a "vote maximizing principal"

Note the "pal" at the end of "principal".  In this case, it is the
management chain of the police officer, which quickly gets to the
director, chief, mayor, or governor, all of which are politically-
driven positions.

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From: John Reiser <jreiser@BitWagon.com>
Newsgroups: or.general,rec.autos.driving,alt.law-enforcement.traffic,ca.driving
Subject: Re: Deciding what to do about speeding ticket in Oregon on I-5
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