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Cash on trial, mk II : economics, technology and institutions

Birchler, Urs W. (ed., introduction); … - Cash on Trial <Veranstaltung> <2019, Frankfurt am Main>; … - 2019

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Crime and Conflicts in Africa : Consequences of Corruption?

Asongu, Simplice - 2015

With earthshaking and jaw-breaking levels of corruption in the African continent, the question on the extent to which … corruption influences crime still remains unanswered. This paper assesses the effect of corruption (corruption-control) in 38 … African countries using updated data. We find that, crime is highly positively (negatively) correlated with corruption …

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Crime and conflicts in Africa : consequences of corruption?

Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2013

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Welfare Costs of Crime and Common Violence: A Critical Review

Soares, Rodrigo R. - 2010

This paper critically reviews a vast array of literature on the costs of crime and common violence. Using a simple economic model of crime as a theoretical benchmark, we conceptually discuss the estimates available and their potential use as inputs for public policy. We present current...

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From drug trafficking to state capture : the dynamics of criminal governance, political violence, and crime diversification

Gutiérrez-Romero, Roxana - 2025

This article develops and tests a theory of criminal governance, examining how drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) use bribery and violence to dominate resource-rich regions and counter state interventions. The study draws on data on over 500 political assassinations and 156 lethal attacks on...

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The impact of criminality on the riskiness of cooperative credit banks in Italy : a macro regional approach

Arnone, Massimo; Mucciardi, Massimo; Ofria, Ferdinando - 2016

In Italy, Credit Cooperative Banks (CCBs), unlike large banks, despite the economic downturn, have continued to extend credit to customers, but at the cost of a higher incidence of bad credit. This increased credit risk of local banks has been caused by management policy choices, such as...

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Crime and Unemployment in the EU : The Role of Labour Market Policies and Shadow Economy

Goulas, Eleftherios; Karidis, Socrates; Tzivanakis, Nikolaos - 2023

We examine the crime-unemployment relationship in 26 EU countries and the possibility of potential asymmetries developing in the presence of labour market policies and/or that of certain structural characteristics. We find that the, otherwise well-established, relationship is strongly moderated...

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The impact of the capture of leaders of criminal organizations on the labor market: evidence from Mexico

Osuna Gómez, Daniel - 2021

This paper estimates the impact of the capture of leaders of criminal organizations on the labor market in municipalities where these organizations operated between 2004 and 2006. The difference-in-difference analysis compares different employment outcomes in cartel locations and the rest,...

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Place Based Interventions at Scale : The Direct and Spillover Effects of Policing and City Services on Crime

Blattman, Christopher - 2019

In 2016 the city of Bogotá doubled police patrols and intensified city services on high-crime streets. They did so based on a policy and criminological consensus that such place-based programs not only decrease crime, but also have positive spillovers to nearby streets. To test this, we worked...

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Fighting African Conflicts and Crimes : Which Governance Tools Matter?

Asongu, Simplice - 2016

is as follows: regulation quality, government effectiveness, political stability, rule of law and corruption-control. (3 …) Corruption-control is the most effective mechanism in fighting crime (conflicts). The findings are significantly strong when … population density. Justifications for the edge of corruption-control (as the most effective governance tool) and policy …

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