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The Legacy of Violence : Building or Destroying Trust? Evidence from Colombia's La Violencia
Chávez, María Alejandra - 2021
This paper examines how trust on institutions and organizations are shaped according to age and exposure to violence during La Violencia. It also evaluates how people's actual trust on different groups (out-group trust) changes in municipalities that were exposed to violence in comparison to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013212964
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The Network Formation Origin of Tribal Societies
Mejia, Javier - 2018
This paper proposes a network formation model for explaining the stability of tribal societies. The model is supported by the idea that every two members of a tribe should have benefited from being connected to each other in order for the whole tribe to be stable. It also considers the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012915914
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Coca, Cocaína y Narcotráfico (Coca, Cocaine and Drug Trafficking)
Zuleta, Hernando - 2017
Spanish Abstract: El aumento en el área cultivada con coca en Colombia ha generado dudas con respecto a la estrategia antinarcóticos del país, y ha estimulado el escepticismo con respecto a las posibilidades de lograr una paz completa y definitiva. Asimismo, la percepción de fracaso ha dado...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954159
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Impact of a Judicial System Reform on Police Behavior : Evidence on Juvenile Crime in Colombia
Ibáñez, Ana M. - 2017
suggestive evidence that the reduction in arrest rates and the lower sanctions increased crime incidents in cities with a large … increase of juvenile crime based on the officials' experiences in the streets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012961308
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Condiciones De Reclusión Y Reincidencia : Evidencia De Una Expansión De Cupos Carcelario (Prison Conditions and Recidivism: Evidence from an Expansion in Prison Capacity)
Tobon, Santiago - 2017
English Abstract: I investigate the causal effect of prison conditions on recidivism by exploting the construction and … prison, is associated with a decrease of 15.8 % in the probability of arrest and re-entry in the year following their release …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962483
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El Gasto Fiscal De La Guerra Contra Los Portadores Y Traficantes De Drogas Ilícitas : Una Aproximación Para Colombia (Public Expenditures on the War against Illicit Drugs Traffic a...
Gutierrez, Isabel - 2017
English Abstract: Colombia focuses relevant resources to pursue the crime of possession, manufacture and trafficking of … bureaucrats involved in the legal process. We estimate the expected cost of an arrest resulting from this crime and, from this … international drug trafficking, crime related to local markets and consumption, or an effort to deter drug users. We conclude that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962542
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Coca, Cocaine and Drug Trafficking
Zuleta, Hernando - 2019
The increase in the area cultivated with coca in Colombia has cast doubt on the country's anti-drug strategy and has encouraged skepticism about the possibility of a complete and definitive peace. Furthermore, this perception of failure has given rise to policy proposals based on the idea that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892809
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El PIB de la Cocaína 2005-2018 : Una Estimación empírica (Cocaine GDP 2005-2018: An Empirical Estimate)
Montenegro, Santiago - 2019
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC. The price of cocaine hydrochloride increases exponentially from the observed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012858107
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Certainty vs. Severity Revisited : Evidence for Colombia
Acosta, Camilo - 2016
A recurring debate in the literature on crime control is whether an increase in the probability of punishment is a more … crime in Colombia. We use a natural policy experiment (the introduction of the Adversarial System of Criminal Justice) to … estimate how changes in the costs associated with criminal activity have affected crime rates in the country. The results show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012988335
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CSI in the Tropics Experimental Evidence of Improved Public Service Delivery Through Coordination
Collazos, Daniela - 2020
This paper evaluates the impacts of increased coordination, accountability, and leadership among teams of responsible public officials, with evidence from homicide investigations in Colombia. We randomly assigned the investigations of 66% of the 1,683 homicides occurring in Bogotá, Colombia,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012830860