@article{ref1,
title="Love, Hate and Murder: Commitment Devices in Violent Relationships",
journal="NBER working papers series",
year="2007",
author="Aizer, Anna and Bó, Pedro Dal",
volume="2007",
number="online",
pages="w13492-w13492",
abstract="Many violent relationships are characterized by a high degree of cyclicality: women who are the victims of domestic violence often leave and return multiple times. To explain this we develop a model of time inconsistent preferences in the context of domestic violence. This time inconsistency generates a demand for commitment. We present supporting evidence that women in violent relationships display time inconsistent preferences by examining their demand for commitment devices. We find that &quot;no-drop&quot; policies -- which compel the prosecutor to continue with prosecution even if the victim expresses a desire to drop the charges -- result in an increase in reporting. No-drop policies also result in a decrease in the number of men murdered by intimates suggesting that some women in violent relationships move away from an extreme type of commitment device when a less costly one is offered.Published: Aizer, Anna & Dal B, Pedro, 2009. &quot;Love, hate and murder: Commitment devices in violent relationships,&quot; Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 93(3-4), pages 412-428<p />",
language="",
issn="0898-2937",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}