Homeowners use precaution technologies in order to supplement the protection offered by the Justice System. These technologies reduce expected victimization through reduction and diversion effects. This paper contributes to the literature evaluating the effects of private precaution technologies...

We evaluate the deterrence effects of the age of criminal responsibility on total drug trafficking and homicide crimes per age, based on a quasi-experiment generated by differences in punishment severity for these crimes prescribed by the Statute of the Child and Adolescent and by the Penal Code...

Este artigo avalia a sustentabilidade da política fiscal do Rio Grande do Sul a partir de um modelo de correção de equilíbrio com mudanças Markovianas de regime. São estudadas as dinâmicas de curto e de longo prazo da política fiscal do Estado no período compreendido entre 1970 e 2007....

In the Economic Theory, the study of the marriage market is relevant to understand how families are constituted and how changes in this market affect their decisions regarding consumption, savings, labor supply, and the human capital accumulation of its members. However, the marriage market is...

State decree nº 55.184 of April 15, 2020 gave discretionary power to the municipalities of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul to adopt or abolish restrictive measures to economic activities, in particular, related to the retail of goods and services with face-to-face customer service....