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The Deterrent Effect of Public Surveillance Cameras on Crime

Gomez-Cardona, Santiago - 2017

We investigate if there is any effect on crime following the installation of public surveillance cameras. To do so, we benefit from a quasi-experiment that took place in Medellin, Colombia with the installation of 587 cameras between 2013 and 2015. We highlight three main findings. First, there...

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El PIB de la Cocaína 2005-2018 : Una Estimación empírica (Cocaine GDP 2005-2018: An Empirical Estimate)

Montenegro, Santiago - 2019

Spanish Abstract: Este documento estima el valor del producto interno bruto, PIB, de la producción de cocaína y, en particular, el valor agregado por la base de coca y por el clorhidrato de cocaína. Este valor del PIB de la cocaína es muy sensible a los precios y cantidades de insumos y de...

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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,...

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Impact of a Judicial System Reform on Police Behavior : Evidence on Juvenile Crime in Colombia

Ibáñez, Ana M. - 2017

finds that, after a decrease in the severity of judicial punishment imposed on Colombian adolescents, arrest rates for …

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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

Spanish Abstract: En este artículo estimo el efecto causal de las condiciones de reclusión sobre la reincidencia explotando la entrada en operación de nuevos centros de reclusión en Colombia. Entre marzo de 2010 y enero de 2013 entraron en funcionamiento diez nuevos centros de reclusión...

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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 … that for the Colombian case, when a reform reduces the probability of punishment it leads to an increase in crime rates … evidence suggests that changes in the probability of punishment have greater impact in crime rates than changes in its severity …

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Myths of Drug Consumption Decriminalization : Effects of Portuguese Decriminalization on Violent and Drug Use Mortality

Llanes, Lucas Marín; Zuleta, Hernando - 2022

There is scarce empirical evidence on the impacts of drug consumption decriminalization, especially, on problematic drug use and violence. In 2001, Portugal decriminalized the consumption of all illicit drugs. In this paper, we focus on determining the short, medium, and long-term impact of...

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Competitividad y Entorno Institucional en Colombia (Competitiveness and Institutional Environment in Colombia)

Zuleta, Hernando - 2021

Spanish Abstract: Este trabajo describe las relaciones entre el entorno institucional, la economía, la distribución del ingreso y la productividad en Colombia. En particular, existe un problema de diseño institucional que fomenta la informalidad, dificulta la inclusión, inhibe la...

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The Right to Health and the Health Effects of Denials

Bhalotra, Sonia; Fernández Sierra, Manuel - 2021

We estimate the health costs of supply-side barriers to accessing medical care. The setting is Colombia, where citizens have a constitutional right to health care, but insurance companies that manage delivery impose restrictions on access. We use administrative data on judicial claims for health...

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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...

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