-level activities, size-wise as well as state-wise, thereby creating some sort of inequality. Moreover, we also show that the aggregate …

Empirical evidence reveals that unemployment tends to increase property crime but that it has no effect on violent … crime. To explain these facts, we examine a model of criminal gangs and suggest that there is a substitution effect between … property crime and violent crime at work. In the model, non-monetary valuation of gang membership is private knowledge. Thus …

Empirical evidence reveals that unemployment tends to increase property crime but that it has no effect on violent … crime. To explain these facts, we examine a model of criminal gangs and suggest that there is a substitution effect between … property crime and violent crime at work. In the model, non-monetary valuation of gang membership is private knowledge. Thus …

mineral wealth on local crime levels in South Africa --- leveraging detailed crime data from 1,084 police precincts over 10 … cost of engaging in criminal activity. Consistent with this we also document that results are driven by property crime and … mineral prices can cause surges in crime. To investigate how resilience against such surges can be achieved, we exploit the …

between crime and inequality, and the curse of natural resources; it predicts that aid in kind to war-ridden societies will … social conflict. We see conflict phenomena such as crime and civil war as involving resource appropriation activities. We …

We analyse property crime in an economy composed of a large number of heterogeneous individuals who need to protect … themselves. The crime equilibrium is modeled as a free-access equilibrium in which the match between criminals and victims … equates the average returns to crime. The supply and toleration for crime are endogenized taking into account incentives to …