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Economic Aspects of the complementarity between Corruption and Crime: Evidence from Italy in the period 1996-2005.

Caruso, Raul; Baronchelli, Adelaide - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper empirically investigates the connection between corruption and crime. Such linkage has been often … underestimated because corruption has been often analyzed as a white-collar crime. In fact it is not characterized by violence …. Recently a theoretical connection has been suggested to highlight that corruption and crime can be considered strategic …

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THE Economics of Match-Fixing

Caruso, Raul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

The phenomenon of match-fixing does constitute a constant element of sport contests. This paper presents a simple formal model in order to explain it. The intuition behind is that an asymmetry in the evaluation of the stake is the key factor leading to match-fixing. In sum, this paper considers...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616782

What is the relationship between unemployment and rape? Evidence from a panel of European regions

Caruso, Raul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

This paper analyzes the relationship between unemployment and rape in a panel of European regions. In particular, this paper is intended to test whether an ‘opportunity perspective’ holds for rape. The ‘opportunity perspective’ interprets the level of unemployment as an indicator of...

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Life is now! Time Preferences and Crime: Aggregate Evidence from the Italian Regions

Beraldo, Sergio; Caruso, Raul; Turati, Gilberto - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper tests the relationship between time preferences and crime rates as posited by Davis (1988), whose theoretical analysis suggests that individuals’ attitude towards the future significantly affects their propensity to commit crime. Our empirical analysis is based on a panel of Italian...

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Conflict and Conflict Managment with Asymmetric Stakes (The Bad-Cop and the Good Cop part II)

Caruso, Raul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

This paper considers a partial equilibrium model of conflict where two asymmetric, rational and risk-neutral opponents evaluate differently the contested stake. Differently from common contest models, agents have the option of choosing a second instrument to affect the outcome of the conflict....

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Conflict and Conflict Management with Interdependent Instruments and Asymmetric Stakes,(The Good-Cop and the Bad-Cop Game)

Caruso, Raul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

This paper considers a partial equilibrium model of conflict where two asymmetric, rational and risk-neutral opponents clash in order to redistribute a divisible prize in their favour. Differently from common contest models agents have the option of choosing a second instrument to affect the...

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Al Qaeda as a Tournament: Empirical Evidence

Caruso, Raul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This short paper aims to find an empirical evidence that al Qaeda behaves as a contest organizer rewarding an indivisible prize – namely, official membership and economic rewards – to candidate extremists groups. Would-be terrorists must then compete with each other to prove their commitment...

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Al Qaeda and Jihadist Terrorism in the Light of Contest Theory, Empirical Evidence for the period 2004-2008

Caruso, Raul; Schneider, Friedrich - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This paper finds an empirical evidence that al Qaeda behaves as a contest organizer rewarding a prize to candidate extremist groups. Would-be terrorists must then compete with each other to prove their commitment and ability. Hence to maximize their own probability of winning the prize, each...

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