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Police numbers up, crime rates down. The effect of police on crime in the Netherlands, 1996-2003

Vollaard, Ben - EconWPA - 2005

We present evidence on the effect of greater numbers of police personnel on crime and nuisance reduction in the … regions, allowing us to use this policy intervention to identify the effect of police on crime and nuisance. We control for … regional economic, social and demographic factors and for national trends that might obscure the effect of police on crime. We …

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Book-Tax Gap. An Income Horse Race

Bovi, Maurizio - EconWPA - 2005

This paper presents some stylised facts about the book-tax gap, i.e. the difference between book and taxable income, of Italian corporations. This divergence is a reflection of the usage of any tax shields and any applicable credits and rebates which, in turn, implies that the concept of taxable...

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Asset measurement in the costing of government services

EconWPA; Steering Committee for the Review of … - 2001

studied. In the areas of corrective services, police services and public hospitals the results reported in this paper indicate …

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Plunder & Protection Inc.

Mehlum, Halvor; Moene, Karl; Torvik, Ragnar - EconWPA - 2002

without civilian jobs to go to, many countries got an oversupply of qualified violent people for crime, warfare and private …

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Australia's gambling industries

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2001

On 25 August 1998 the Treasurer referred Australia’s gambling industries for inquiry and the provision of an information report within 12 months of receiving the reference.The Commission was requested to provide an information report on the economic and social impacts of Australia’s gambling...

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Business Profitability and Social Profitability: Evaluating Industries with Externalities, The Case Casinos.

Grinols, Earl L.; Mustard, David B. - EconWPA - 2005

Casino gambling is a social issue, because in addition to the direct benefits to those who own and use casinos, positive and negative externalities are reaped and borne by those who do not gamble. To correctly assess the total economic impact of casinos, one must distinguish between business...

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Governance Matters III: Governance Indicators for 1996-2002

Kaufmann, Daniel; Kraay, Aart; Mastruzzi, Massimo - EconWPA - 2003

This paper presents estimates of six dimensions of governance covering 199 countries and territories for four time periods: 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002. These indicators are based on several hundred individual variables measuring perceptions of governance, drawn from 25 separate data sources...

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An Economic Approach to Adultery Law

Rasmusen, Eric - EconWPA - 2000

A long-term relationship such as marriage will not operate efficiently without sanctions for misconduct, of which adultery is one example. Traditional legal sanctions can be seen as different combinations of various features, differing in who initiates punishment, whether punishment is just a...

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Optimal Penalties for Concealment of Crime

Stanley, Timothy - EconWPA - 1995

crime by raising the sanction or raising the cost of concealing the crime. Which policy is chosen should depend upon the … set one penalty for the crime, and possibly a generalized additional sanction for any concealment of the crime that can be …

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Casinos, Crime, and Community Costs

Grinols, Earl L.; Mustard, David B. - EconWPA - 2005

We examine the relationship between casinos and crime using county-level data for the US between 1977 and 1996. Casinos … reduce crime occur before or shortly after a casino opens, while those that increase crime, including problem and … pathological gambling, occur over time. The results suggest that the effect on crime is low shortly after a casino opens, and grows …

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