Citation

Benoît JP, Dubra J. Int. Econ. Rev. 2004; 45(3): 787-809.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Economics Department of the University of Pennsylvania and the Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.0020-6598.2004.00287.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Policemen are known to support colleagues who are the subject of criminal investigations. Although we might expect guilty officers to defend each other, why do (otherwise) law-abiding policemen defend those who have broken the law? We investigate under what conditions it is in the interest of a group to defend its "bad" members.