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The role of private action in controlling crime
Cook, Philip J.; MacDonald, John M. - In: Controlling crime : strategies and tradeoffs, (pp. 331-363). 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009376164
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The virtuous tax: Lifesaving and crime-prevention effects of the 1991 federal alcohol-tax increase
Cook, Philip J.; Durrance, Christine Piette - In: Journal of Health Economics 32 (2013) 1, pp. 261-267
estimate the aggregate effects of a federal tax increase on rates of injury fatality and crime. We provide evidence that the …) reduced injury deaths by 4.5% (6480 deaths), in 1991, and had a still larger effect on violent crime. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010608413
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Underground Gun Markets
Cook, Philip J.; Ludwig, Jens; Venkatesh, Sudhir A.; … - eSocialSciences - 2005
, robberies, arrests and confiscated crime guns. We find evidence of considerable frictions in the underground market for guns in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170190