There could be several reasons, but my guess - and a guess is all it can be - is that there was enormous political pressure to come up with a list of suspects.
So, it is possible that this is standard operating procedure. Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
Coefficients: (Intercept) log(casualties) -4.0792 0.7741 Response: log(indicted)
(indicted)^4 ~ (casualties)^3 / (9 million)
The other
Coefficients: (Intercept) -6.095
(indicted) ~ (casualties) / 400
Taking the number of casualties to be 1 million you get
180 indictees by the first model
2500 indictees by the second model.
I'd go for the first model. Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
- Jake If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.
