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Anderson, James E. - 2003

Why does illegal trade often flourish without formal enforcement, but sometimes fail? Why do illegal trade-reducing policies often fail? Why do States often appear to tolerate illegal trade? A model of trade with cops and robbers provides answers. `Safety in numbers' is a key element: the...

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From Wild West to the Godfather : Enforcement Market Structure

Anderson, James E. - 2001

Weak states enable private enforcement but it does not always fade away in the presence of strong states. We develop a general equilibrium model of the market organization of enforcers (self-enforcers, competitive specialized enforcers or monopoly) who defend endowments from predators. We...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470249

Organized Crime, Violence, and Politics

Alesina, Alberto - 2016

We investigate how criminal organizations strategically use violence to influence elections in order to get captured politicians elected. The model offers novel testable implications about the use of pre-electoral violence under different types of electoral systems and different degrees of...

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The Competitive Effects of Drug Withdrawals

Cawley, John - 2005

In September 1997, the anti-obesity drugs Pondimin and Redux, ingredients in the popular drug combination fen … how consumers respond to drug withdrawals. In theory, remaining drugs in the therapeutic class could enjoy competitive … benefits, or suffer negative spillovers, from the withdrawal of a competing drug. Our findings suggest that, while the …

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What Do Prosecutors Maximize? An Analysis of Drug Offenders and Concurrent Jurisdiction

Glaeser, Edward L. - 1998

This paper presents a model of prosecutors' decision-making processes in which prosecutors (both federal and state) internalize some of the benefits of reducing crime, but also care about developing their own human capital. Since U.S. attorneys make their decision first, they have the...

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Foreign Trade in Eastern Europe's Transition : Early Results

Rodrik, Dani - 1992

By the end of 1991, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland have achieved a substantial degree of openness to foreign trade. In all three countries, trade is now de-monopolized and licensing and quotas playa very small role. Exchange controls have virtually disappeared for current-account...

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Obstacles to Transforming Centrally-Planned Economies : The Role of Capital Markets

Calvo, Guillermo A. - 1991

This paper identifies obstacles hindering the transformation of centrally-planned economies (CPEs) into well-functioning market economies. The analysis is motivated by the recent experience with economic transformation and restructuring in Eastern Europe and the U.S.S.R. The economic system in...

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Competitive intelligence responses in the banking industry to Europe 1992

Gibbons, Patrick T.; Prescott, John E. - 1993

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The empirical determination of technology and expectations: a simplified procedure

Epstein, Larry G.; Yatchew, Adonis - 1983

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Competitive balance and match attendance in European rugby union leagues

Hogan, Vincent; Massey, Patrick; Massey, Shane - 2012

The paper analyses the impact of the relatively belated move to professionalism in Rugby Union. We use data on match attendance for 3,667 fixtures in European club Rugby over 15 seasons to estimate the effect of competitive balance on attendance. We find that (short- and medium-term) competitive...

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