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In an interdependent world the risks faced by any one agent depend not only on its choices but also on those of all others. Expectations about others' choices will influence investments in risk-management, and the outcome can be sub-optimal investment all round. We model this as the Nash...
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Most interpretations of prevalent counterinsurgency theory imply that increasing government services will reduce rebel violence. Empirically, however, development programs and economic activity sometimes yield increased violence. Using new panel data on development spending in Iraq, we show that...
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This paper proposes the use of consumers' preferences in formulating policies for keeping secret information about terrorist activities and threats that might compromise future security. We report the results from two surveys indicating that people have clear preferences for full disclosure of...
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This paper reports estimates for the ex ante tradeoffs for three specific homeland security policies that all address a terrorist attack on commercial aircraft with shoulder mounted missiles. Our analysis focuses on the willingness to pay for anti-missile laser jamming countermeasures mounted on...
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evolved in response to terrorism in Britain. The paper also discusses the reasons why there is strong cooperation among the CT …
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Districts can be greatly affected by changes in the perceived level of terrorism …
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Do firms have adequate incentives to invest in anti-terrorism mechanisms? This paper develops a framework for …
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crime rates, and employment. This book documents the serious short-and long-term consequences of childhood disadvantage and …"Crime rates in Latin America are among the highest in the world, and in several countries they have steadily risen … over the past two decades, making crime the primary concern of many citizens. Despite this situation, there has been a lack …
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We present a simple model of the effects of hate crime legislation. It shows that even if the direct harm to victims of … hate crime is the same as for other crimes, because of other differences in the effects it may still be optimal to exert … more law-enforcement effort to deter or prevent hate crime. These differences also have previously unrecognized effects on …
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