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

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From: Lobby Dosser
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 01:13

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John Reiser <jreiser@BitWagon.com> wrote:

>>>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".  

Yeah, I Do know the difference.

> 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.
> 

And?

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Subject: Re: Deciding what to do about speeding ticket in Oregon on I-5
From: Lobby Dosser <lobby.dosser.mapson@verizon.net>
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