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The Provision of Local Public Services in a Risky Environment: An Application to Crime

Traub, Stefan - 2006

contributions for the original citizens. As an empirical example, we employ Germany?s crime statistic in order to assess the …

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Spatial and Temporal Aggregation in Racial Profiling

Ilić, Dragan - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 149 (2013) 1, pp. 27-56

In the last decade, models of rational choice have chimed into the discussion on racial profiling, the use of race in stop and search decisions of the police. The models describe the behavior of motorists and the police and provide empirical tests to assess the question whether the police...

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Ethnic fragmentation and police spending: social identity and a public good

Ajilore, Olugbenga; Smith, John - 2007

this model, we assume that the decision to commit a crime is a rational consideration of the costs and benefits and that … spending on police services reduces the attractiveness of committing a crime. We also assume that being a victim of crime … is increasing at a time in which crime rates are falling. Further, our results provide empirical support for the …

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