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 …

The article evaluates crime trends in south border American and Mexican sister cities using panel data analysis. The …, institutional heterogeneity, and disparate crime outcomes. Higher homicide rates on the Mexican side seem to result from deficient … law enforcement. Higher population densities in Mexican cities appear to also be a factor. Cultural differences, on the …

'). Thus, conflict is viewed as ultimately stemming from imperfect property-rights enforcement. When comparing autarky with …

provides stronger enforcement of contracts facilitates the development of financial markets, which, in turn, enables firms to …

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

, appeal rates and lending to firms, identifying a specific channel through which law enforcement affects external financing …

social waste, as are other costs the concealment may impose on society, such as additional harm or increased law enforcement … 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 …

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 …