corruption. We compare the influences of latent enforcement (police, judicial, and prosecutorial employment) versus actual …Adding a new dimension to determinants of corruption, this paper examines the effectiveness of enforcement in reducing … enforcement to combat corruption by increasing enforcement employment is ineffective, rather comprehensive improvements in …

Criminal law enforcement depends on the actions of public agents such as police officers, but the resulting agency … problems have been neglected in the law and economics literature (especially outside the specific context of corruption). We … develop an agency model of police behavior that emphasizes intrinsic motivation and self-selection. Drawing on experimental …

We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender-based violence. Using … with an increase in police reports of crimes against women of 29 percent, a result driven by domestic violence. This …

The paper investigates the effect of police presence on homicides at the municipality level in Brazil during the … January 2010 to December 2014 period. For this purpose, occasional and illegal police strikes are considered as relevant … municipalities, it is possible to identify a sizeable effect accruing from police strikes on the occurrence of homicides. Despite a …

We study how policies limiting the spending capacity of local governments may reduce corruption. We exploit the … both recorded corruption rates and corruption charges per euro spent. This effect emerges only in areas in which the DSP … put a binding cap on municipal capital expenditures. The reduction in corruption is linked to accountability incentives as …