Lindquist, Matthew J.; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We study peer effects in crime by analyzing co-offending networks. We first provide a credible estimate of peer effects … criminal from each network that reduces total crime by the largest amount. Using longitudinal data, we are able to compare the … disappeared over time, we show that the theoretical predicted crime reduction is close to what is observed in the real world. We …