The trade-off between the immediate returns from committing a crime and the future costs of punishment depends on an … in Italy and provide non-parametric evidence on the extent of discounting from the raw data on recidivism and sentence … length. Using a discrete-choice model of recidivism, we estimate an average annual discount factor of 0.74, although there is …

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 …

The trade-off between the immediate returns from committing a crime and the future costs of punishment depends on an … in Italy and provide non-parametric evidence on the extent of discounting from the raw data on recidivism and sentence … length. Using a discrete-choice model of recidivism, we estimate an average annual discount factor of 0.74, although there is …

The trade-off between the immediate returns from committing a crime and the future costs of punishment depends on an … in Italy and provide non-parametric evidence on the extent of discounting from the raw data on recidivism and sentence … length. Using a discrete-choice model of recidivism, we estimate an average annual discount factor of 0.74, although there is …

asymmetry of information between government and enforcers and the crime rate …

This paper extends the optimal law enforcement literature to organized crime. We model the criminal organization as a … organized crime …