generate higher crime rates. In particular, the relationship between the traditional instruments of deterrence, namely … corruption detection highly probable, we show that increasing policing or sanctions effectively deters crime. However, when … intensification of policing and increment of sanctions, and crime is nonmonotonic. Beyond a threshold, increases in expected …

: subjects use costly fines as (altruistic) punishments. Leniency further increases deterrence, but stabilizes surviving cartels …, deterrence is unaffected but prices grow. Differences between treatments in Stockholm and Rome suggest culture may affect optimal …

their connections within the organized crime network, I estimate network effects on gangsters' economic status. Lacking …

increasing formal deterrence but potentially signaling improved law enforcement among local communities. This paper finds that … related to the activity of organized crime, as homicide, extortion, drug-trafficking or usury. Petty crimes are estimated to … fall by around 10%, on average, a result that seems driven by the perception of enhanced deterrence (through media pressure …

? To quantify it, a general equilibrium occupational model is developed in which there is room for drug trafficking, crime …

The effect of marijuana liberalization on crime is object of a large interest by social scientists and policy … argument that, even in a short period of time and with an imperfect substitute, the organized crime's supply of illegal drugs …