public goods. To do so, we analyze policing and crime incidence under mayors directly elected by voters and under mayors … overall crime between 4.9% and 5.7%, depending on the specification. Our results further suggest that more accountable mayors …

responsibility for crime control and prevention. The Yakuza Exclusion Ordinances (YEOs) of Japan aim to combat organized crime … crime. Furthermore, the heterogeneity of the YEOs' effect suggests the effectiveness of enforcement policies that … intensively target regions with lower concentration of organized crime …

suffer from fear of physical harm and humiliation by the encounter itself. However, the very fact that individuals will be …

Economic analysis of criminal behavior suggests that a rational individual commits crime only if the expected gain from … a crime is greater than the expected cost associated with it. The size of the police force increases the expected cost … effect of police on crime and results are not uniform. This paper is an attempt to test the same in Indian context (for …

administrative crime data and exploiting staggered implementation across Indian cities, we find that the opening of WPS is associated …

administrative crime data and exploiting staggered implementation across Indian cities, we find that the opening of WPS is associated …

In 1984 the federal government passed the Comprehensive Crime Control Act. The act included language that permitted … how the Equitable Sharing rule influenced crime and police incentives by taking advantage of pre-existing differences in … state level civil forfeiture law and the timing of the CCCA. We find that after the CCCA, crime fell upwards of 13.4 percent …