Montesquieu in his L?Esprit des Lois, argued, ?peace is the natural effect of trade.? This paper first reviews this literature and … then presents econometric evidence. The evidence integrates political international relations events data with economics …

non-hostile country. The result is a non-monotonic relationship between democracy and peace. Using the Polity IV dataset … regime types). Thus, while full democratization might advance the cause of peace, limited democratization might advance the …

This paper argues that the Economics of Crime concentrates too much on punishment as a policy to fight crime, which is … unwise for several reasons. There are important instances in which punishment simply cannot reduce crime. Several feasible …

The economics of crime concentrates on policies in the form of punishments. To adopt such a policy is unwise for … several reasons. On the one hand, there are important instances in which punishment is unable to reduce crime or may even …

aggregation. Our empirical results with respect to the causes of crime clearly reveal the crime reducing potential of family … cohesion and the link between crime and the labour market. Furthermore, we find that higher wealth is associated with higher … rates of property crime and of drug-related offences. Drug offences themselves turn out to be robust factors of property …

aggregation. Our empirical results with respect to the causes of crime clearly reveal the crime reducing potential of family … cohesion and the link between crime and the labour market. Furthermore, we find that higher wealth is associated with higher … rates of property crime and of drug-related offences. Drug offences themselves turn out to be robust factors of property …

Earlier studies on income inequality and crime have typically used total income or total earnings. However, it is quite … likely that it is changes in permanent rather than in transitory income that affects crime rates. The purpose of this paper … income and, second, estimating crime equations with the two separate income components as explanatory variables. The results …

,007 neighborhoods in the Netherlands, this article tests whether an individual's decision whether or not to be involved in crime is … of this decision, a small positive effect is found on violent crime, but not on property crime. The results suggest that … involved in crime. …

Victimization surveys are necessary to estimate crime rates and fear of crime for the general population of a certain … statistics. Only the combination of both data sources allows to quantify crime rates and fear of crime. Therefore, a periodically … victimization survey of the general German population would be valuable for the evaluation and prevention of crime. The present work …