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This paper surveys recent research on decentralization and natural disasters. The first part discusses results from theoretical models that have been used to study the issues that arise when natural disasters occur in a country with more than one level of government. The next section discusses...
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Federalism and international trade regulation are popular topics in the legal literature, but the intersection of these … of U.S. and Canadian federalism, and by considering the effect of these countries' federal structures on their …
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The most important aspect of American federalism embodied in the Constitution is the constitutional facilitation of a … Among the Several States Clause). Commercial activity is favored in our system of free trade federalism emboldened and … arguments that national policy preventing states from acting is excessive. Not everything about federalism is about leaving …
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This paper surveys recent research on decentralization and natural disasters. The first part discusses results from theoretical models that have been used to study the issues that arise when natural disasters occur in a country with more than one level of government. The next section discusses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010634082
We examine neighborhood externalities that arise from the perceived risk associated with the proximity of a registered sex offender's residence. We find large negative externality effects on a property's price and liquidity, employing empirical techniques that include a fixed-effects OLS model,...
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This paper provides evidence of the causal effect of church attendance on petty crime by using quasi-random variation …
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might simply induce a "fear of crime." This study finds evidence for both use and misinterpretation of the publicly …
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The paper revisits the local determinants of crime using a spatial model distinguishing between resident and non … crime. Also the socio-economic background in terms of unemployment, poverty, and inequality proves significant for both … property and violent crime. Whereas local inequality only shows an effect on crime committed by resident offenders, crime …
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The paper revisits the local determinants of crime using a spatial model distinguishing between resident and non … crime. Also the socio-economic background in terms of unemployment, poverty, and inequality proves significant for both … property and violent crime. Whereas local inequality only shows an effect on crime committed by resident offenders, crime …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011525125
Research that investigate the extent of labor market prospects on crime rates focus on conditions in a region and crime … labor market in a region may attract nonresidents, either professional criminals who travel only to commit crime or … individuals who migrate hoping to find a job and failing to do so may inclined to commit crime. Indeed, using regional data from …
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