Gaigné, Carl; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
This paper analyzes the relationship between crime and agglomeration where the land, labor, product, and crime markets … are endogenously determined. We show that in bigger cities there is relatively more crime, a standard stylized fact of … costs (or a better access to jobs) decreases crime while, in the long run with free mobility, the effect is ambiguous …