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The war on illegal drugs in producer and consumer countries : a simple analytical framework
Mejía, Daniel (contributor) - 2008
relative effectiveness of interdiction efforts. -- War on drugs ; conflict ; enforcement ; prevention and treatment policies … demand for drugs) and enforcement policies (aimed at reducing the production and trafficking of drugs), and shows how the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003790762
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The War on Illegal Drugs in Producer and Consumer Countries : A Simple Analytical Framework
Mejia, Daniel - 2021
demand for drugs) and enforcement policies (aimed at reducing the production and trafficking of drugs), and shows how the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316449
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The War on Illegal Drugs in Producer and Consumer Countries : A Simple Analytical Framework
Mejia, Daniel; Restrepo, Pascual - 2011
them the price elasticity of demand, and the effectiveness of the resources allocated to enforcement and prevention and … policies (aimed at reducing the demand for illegal drugs) and enforcement policies (aimed at reducing the production and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014185791
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Unemployment and Gang Crime : Could Prosperity Backfire?
Poutvaara, Panu - 2008
Empirical evidence reveals that unemployment tends to increase property crime but that it has no effect on violent crime. To explain these facts, we examine a model of criminal gangs and suggest that there is a substitution effect between property crime and violent crime at work. In the model,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012773601
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Property Crime with Private Protection : A Market-for-Offenses Approach
Hotte, Louis; Valognes, Fabrice; Van Ypersele, Tanguy - 2008
enforcement is more effective in reducing crime depends crucially on how well one can target a certain group of individuals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014082705
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Mitigating the Shadow of Conflict - The Role of Social and Human Capital for the Reduction of Conflicts
Schmidt, Dorothee - 2007
One possible solution to mitigate the negative influences of conflict which has been proposed in the literature is to … increasing an individual's social capital will lead her to reduce her conflict effort, whereas increasing her human capital can … induce her to increase her conflict effort. We then analyze which conditions need to be present to induce the individuals to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012730205
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Identifying the general equilibrium effects of narcotics enforcement
Porreca, Zachary - 2024
I analyze the demand side impacts of a supply side intervention into the market for illegal drugs in what has been described as America's largest open air drug market. Beginning in 2018, the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office and the Philadelphia Police Department engaged in an ambitious...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014637039
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Incomplete property rights and overinvestment
Amegashie, J. Atsu - 2009
I consider a model in which an asset owner must decide how much to invest in his asset mindful of the fact that an encroacher's valuation of the asset is increasing in the asset owner's investment. Due to incomplete property rights, the encroacher and asset owner engage in a contest over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003861788
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When is foreign aid effective in fighting terrorism? : threshold evidence
Asongu, Simplice A.; Ssozi, John - 2015
Building on previous literature, we assess when foreign aid is effective in fighting terrorism using quantile regressions on a panel of 78 developing countries for the period 1984-2008. Bilteral, multilateral and total aid indicators are used whereas terrorism includes: domestic, transnational,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407950
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Policing, Schooling and Human Capital Accumulation
Lopez Cruz, Ivan - 2016
A substantial body of empirical and policy literature argues that greater investment in schools can be a powerful tool against criminality and violence. On the other hand, recent work has demonstrated that low levels of public safety can have serious detrimental effects on educational outcomes....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001647