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The Provision of Local Public Services in a Risky Environment: An Application to Crime
Traub, Stefan - 2006
efficiency of the provision of police services at the state level. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296256
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Ethnic fragmentation and police spending: social identity and a public good
Ajilore, Olugbenga; Smith, John - 2007
We present evidence that more ethnically fragmented communities spend, all else equal, more on police services than … less fragmented communities. We introduce a model of spending on police services which we use to interpret the data. In … spending on police services reduces the attractiveness of committing a crime. We also assume that being a victim of crime …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266339
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Das internationale Engagement in Afghanistan: Strategien, Perspektiven, Konsequenzen
Schmidt, Peter (contributor) - 2008
Engagement der internationalen Staatengemeinschaft reduziert werden kann, im Gegenteil: Der Ausbau von Streitkräften und Polizei …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013178538
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Organization and Information in the Fight against Crime: An Evaluation of the Integration of Police Forces in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Soares, Rodrigo R.; Viveiros, Igor - 2010
property crimes and 13% in personal crimes. There is also evidence that the IGESP is associated with improved police response …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807406
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Police and crime: Evidence from dictated delays in centralized police hiring
Buonanno, Paolo; Mastrobuoni, Giovanni - 2012
This paper exploits dictated delays in local police hiring by a centralized national authority to break the … simultaneity between police and crime. In Italy police officers can only be hired through lengthy national public contests which … requested police officers are recruited and become operational. We show that this endogeneity vanishes once, controlling for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282200
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Diffusion processes on complex networks
Švarcová, Natálie; Švarc, Petr - 2009
In this paper we apply agent-based methodology on an issue that is fundamental for economic prosperity and growth: the diffusion of innovations. The diffusion of innovations is one of the topics where agent-based simulation is an extremely fruitful method allowing not only the observation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322200
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Artificial Intelligence and the clustering of human capital: The risks for Europe
Brey, Björn; Van der Marel, Erik - 2023
Europe trails the global frontier of productivity growth and the region's trend is sluggish. Much prospective economic growth for Europe is likely to come from AI and its adoption by European firms which is projected to shoot up the productivity trend. For such AI-generated growth to work, high...
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Parting with "blue monday": Preferences in home production and consumer responses to innovations
Witt, Ulrich; Woersdorfer, Julia Sophie - 2011
How can economic theory explain the reasons why consumers adopt innovations? Using the example of innovations in washing machines two approaches are compared. The first focuses in the manner of household production theory on changes in constraints without specifying preferences, leading to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286759
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Will imitators follow pioneer consumers in the adoption of solar thermal systems? Empirical evidence for North-West Germany
Wörsdorfer, Julia Sophie; Kaus, Wolfhard - 2010
In Germany, solar thermal systems (STS) have only diffused to a minor extent yet. This paper analyzes, which demand side factors are decisive for the further proliferation of this environmentally benign technology. Making use of a consumer survey in North-West Germany in 2007, we examine the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286768
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Are the Chinese in Africa More Innovative than the Africans? Comparing Chinese and Nigerian Entrepreneurial Migrants' Cultures of Innovation
Kohnert, Dirk - 2010
The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in West Africa has been met with growing resistance from established African entrepreneurs. Whether the Chinese have a competitive edge over Africans because of distinctive sociocultural traits or whether the Chineseʹs supposed...
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