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The effect of tourism on crime in Italy: A dynamic panel approach
Biagi, Bianca; Brandono, Maria Giovanna; Detotto, Claudio - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 6 (2012) 2012-25, pp. 1-24
greater amount of crime than non-tourist ones in the short and long run. Following the literature of the economics of crime à … la Becker (Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach, 1968) and Enrlich (Participation in Illegitimate Activities: A … test whether total crime in Italy is affected by the presence of tourists. Findings confirm the initial intuition of a …
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All but one free ride when wealth effects are small
Silvestre, Joaquim - In: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 3 (2012) 1/2, pp. 201-207
Quasilinear preferences on a public good and a numeraire good are limits of preferences where both goods are normal. The set of equilibria of the voluntary contribution (or private provision) game is easily characterized under quasilinearity by: top valuators aggregately contribute their common...
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Investing in European Public Goods While Maintaining Fiscal Discipline at Home
Bakker, Age; Beetsma, Roel; Buti, Marco - In: Intereconomics 59 (2024) 2, pp. 98-103
Putting the high public debt ratios on a downward path after the surge during the pandemic and allocating sufficient resources to deliver on the green and digital transition will be among the priorities confronting the EU institutions emerging from the June 2024 European elections. After a long...
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Rendering Affective Atmospheres: The Visual Construction of Spatial Knowledge About Urban Development Projects
Mélix, Sophie; Christmann, Gabriela - In: Urban Planning 7 (2022) 3, pp. 299-310
Renderings are digital visualisations of urban development projects in the field of urban design that aim to create spatial knowledge about future-built urban environments, which we also refer to as imaginaries. In our contribution, we ask how visual artists design renderings, how they try to...
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Privatization and its aftermath: Are we facing a new displacement force?
Yavo-Ayalon, Sharon - In: Journal of Urban Management 11 (2022) 3, pp. 285-297
The privatization of once publicly-funded affordable housing is the primary tool for preserving and maintaining affordable housing. This process, however, is quietly creating urban migration patterns that are altering the demographic profile of cities with cumulative change that we cannot fully...
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Neue Parteien, Skandale und Alltägliches in Landtagswahlkämpfen: Thementreiber der Inneren Sicherheit
Bug, Mathias; van Um, Eric - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 84 (2015) 2, pp. 45-68
field of crime and internal security in Germany. The salience of the different issues in party manifestos on state and …
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Ansätze und Datenquellen in der Kriminalitätsmessung: ein Überblick zu den offen zugänglichen WISIND-Daten
Bug, Mathias - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 84 (2015) 2, pp. 69-101
outlines the composition of the WISIND indicators for crime and fear of crime, explicitly detailing how data were integrated …, communication data from digital social networks, a media analysis, and extensive survey data on the effect of crime on the … individual, fear of crime and assessments of crime severity. A methodological overview of data collected during the WISIND …
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Kriminalität: Abschreckung wirkt
Entorf, Horst; Spengler, Hannes - In: DIW Wochenbericht 72 (2005) 38, pp. 543-552
Eine Analyse amtlicher Daten für die Jahre 1977 bis 2001 liefert deutliche Anzeichen für die Wirksamkeit polizeilicher Arbeit und gerichtlicher Sanktionen. Als wichtigster kriminalitätsreduzierender Faktor erwies sich die Wahrscheinlichkeit der Aufklärung von Straftaten und der Verurteilung...
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Piraterie in Somalia: ein gutes Geschäft für Viele
Shortland, Anja - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 29, pp. 2-6
Die Piraterie am Horn von Afrika hat in den letzten Jahren deutlich zugenommen: 217 Schiffe berichteten 2009, von somalischen Piraten angegriffen worden zu sein. Obwohl damit weniger als ein Prozent aller Schiffe, die den Golf von Aden 2009 durchquerten, angegriffen wurde, sorgt somalische...
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Piraterie ist nicht nur für die Somalier ein gutes Geschäft: Sieben Fragen an Anja Shortland
Shortland, Anja; Wittenberg, Erich - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 29, pp. 7
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