This paper contrasts some of the differences in criminal choice model building as done by sociologists and as done by economists. Discussed are methodological differences, statistical differences (how causality is accounted for) and conceptual differences (the meaning and testing of the...

In this paper we show that plausible preference restrictions are not sufficient for unambiguous household supply results in the criminal choke problem. Therefore policy prescriptions in this area do not follow from theory, but rather require empirical determination of relative magnitudes

In this paper we show that neither Becker nor Brown and Reynolds provide a proper description of the failure state in the criminal choice problem. A more satisfactory specification is provided which yields the Becker and Brown and Reynolds formulations as special cases

In this paper we estimate a system of supply functions for income generating criminal activities. Our interest lies in determining the degree of substitutability or complementarily which exists between these alternative sources of income and in assessing the “net” system-wide response of...

In this paper we study the relationship between costs, input prices and activity levels in medium sized American police departments. Our focus is on determining the functional structure of law enforcement production technology in agencies of this size

This paper is divided into two parts which deal with closely connected issues, The first section of the paper explores the structure of consumer demand systems necessary and sufficient for exact aggregation. The second section addresses a related empirical question: what, if anything, do the...

Economists in business schools who co-teach courses with other business school faculty often struggle with integrating constructs and concepts widely used in other disciplines into basic economic theory. In this note we show how the marketing construct, "customer satisfaction," fits rather...

A model of the production of wildfire ignitions and damages is developed and used to determine wildland activity-regulation decisions, which minimize total expected cost-plus-loss due to wildfires. In this context, the implications of various policy decisions are considered. The resulting...

In this paper the factor supply results of Leland. Sandmo and Block and Heineke are generalized to include the case of a household making a joint savings-labor supply decision when the returns to each factor are uncertain