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total crime and four other subcategories: breaking and entering, automobile-related crime, violent crime, and drug …-related crime. The estimates indicate that there is no effect of BRACs on criminal activity surrounding the base. We also confirm … existing findings in the literature on the determinants of crime. -- Armed forces ; BRAC ; deviant behavior ; geographic …
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total crime and four other subcategories: breaking and entering, automobile-related crime, violent crime, and drug …-related crime. The estimates indicate that there is no effect of BRACs on criminal activity surrounding the base. We also confirm … existing findings in the literature on the determinants of crime …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014189164
-economic variables. We show that fear of crime, criminal victimization and the average regionally perceived fear of crime significantly …Using information on life satisfaction and crime from the European Social Survey, we apply the life satisfaction … approach (LSA) to determine the relationship between subjective well-being (SWB), income, victimization experience, fear of …
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Within the context of the current political discussion over base realignments and closures (BRACs) in Germany, this study provides policy guidance by examining the economic consequences to the surrounding community. We identify the causal effect of a reduction in military personnel on a number...
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Within the context of the current political discussion over base realignments and closures (BRACs) in Germany, this study provides policy guidance by examining the economic consequences to the surrounding community. We identify the causal effect of a reduction in military personnel on a number...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003954034
Within the context of the current political discussion over base realignments and closures (BRACs) in Germany, this study provides policy guidance by examining the economic consequences to the surrounding community. We identify the causal effect of a reduction in military personnel on a number...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144586
, unemployment, and crime rates within a specified buffer zone around each base. The analysis covers 129 communities for the period … indication of how quickly a local economy can adjust to an exogenous reduction in demand. The data on crime were obtained from … the Criminal Statistics of the German Police. Other socioeconomic variables are drawn from the federal and state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011575540
The paper revisits the local determinants of crime using a spatial model distinguishing between resident and non … crime. Also the socio-economic background in terms of unemployment, poverty, and inequality proves significant for both … property and violent crime. Whereas local inequality only shows an effect on crime committed by resident offenders, crime …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323723
The paper revisits the local determinants of crime using a spatial model distinguishing between resident and non … crime. Also the socio-economic background in terms of unemployment, poverty, and inequality proves significant for both … property and violent crime. Whereas local inequality only shows an effect on crime committed by resident offenders, crime …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011525125
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