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Less cash, less crime : evidence from the Electronic Benefit Transfer program
Wright, Richard; Tekin, Erdal; Topalli, Volkan; … - 2014
It has been long recognized that cash plays a critical role in fueling street crime due to its liquidity and … circulation of cash on the streets associated with EBT implementation had an effect on crime. To address this question, we exploit … had a negative and significant effect on the overall crime rate as well as burglary, assault, and larceny. According to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398758
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Socially optimal crime and punishment
Ferraz, Eduardo; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2022
This paper develops a dynamic life-cycle equilibrium model of crime with hetero-geneous agents and human capital … accumulation. Agents decide at each point in time whether to commit crimes by comparing potential gains from crime to the expected … cost of punishment (determined from the probability of apprehension, the utility cost of incarceration, and reduced future …
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Gutachten zur Bewertung der Struktur-, Prozess- undErgebnisqualität der allgemeinen Sozialberatung inMecklenburg-Vorpommern
Kramer, Jost W.; Paßmann, Monika - Hochschule <Wismar> / Fachbereich Wirtschaft - 2006
Im Auftrag des Sozialministeriums Mecklenburg-Vorpommern wurde im Zeitraum zwischen dem 25. April und dem 15. Juni 2006 durch Prof. Dr. Jost W. Kramer und Diplom-Sozialverwaltungswirtin (FH) Monika Paßmann von der Hochschule Wismar, Forschungsstelle für Kooperation, Netzwerke und...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005863558
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Fetişizarea analizei cost-beneficiu în decizia publică de alocare a resurselor
Mihaela, Iacob - In: Revista OEconomica (2011) 04
Cost-benefit analysis (CBA), as a distinctive tool for public investment projects evaluation laying in the portfolio of …
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Chapter 10 Taxation
Kaplow, Louis - In: Handbook of law and economics : volume 1, (pp. 647-755). 2007
This Handbook entry presents a conceptual, normative overview of the subject of taxation. It emphasizes the relationships among the main functions of taxation—notably, raising revenue, redistributing income, and correcting externalities—and the mapping between these functions and various...
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What are the costs of violence?
Hoeffler, Anke - In: Politics, philosophy & economics : ppe 16 (2017) 4, pp. 422-445
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Socially Optimal Crime and Punishment
Ferraz, Eduardo; Soares, Rodrigo R. - 2022
This paper develops a dynamic life-cycle equilibrium model of crime with hetero-geneous agents and human capital … accumulation. Agents decide at each point in time whether to commit crimes by comparing potential gains from crime to the expected … cost of punishment (determined from the probability of apprehension, the utility cost of incarceration, and reduced future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177694
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Less Cash, Less Crime: Evidence from the Electronic Benefit Transfer Program
Wright, Richard; Tekin, Erdal; Topalli, Volkan; … - 2014
It has been long recognized that cash plays a critical role in fueling street crime due to its liquidity and … circulation of cash on the streets associated with EBT implementation had an effect on crime. To address this question, we exploit … had a negative and significant effect on the overall crime rate as well as burglary, assault, and larceny. According to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398285
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Estimating the Impact of Gubernatorial Partisanship on Policy Settings and Economic Outcomes: A Regression Discontinuity Approach
Leigh, Andrew - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2007
and inequality, crime rates, suicide rates, and test scores. These results are robust to the use of regression …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004977260
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What’s the Difference Between a Donkey and an Elephant? Using Panel Data from US States to Estimate the Impact of Partisanship on Policy Settings and Economic Outcomes
Leigh, Andrew - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2005
salaries, state revenue, incarceration rates, execution rates, pre-tax incomes and inequality, crime rates, suicide rates, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005032821