TY - JOUR
T1 - Income distribution, police expenditures, and crime
T2 - A political economy perspective
AU - Merlo, Antonio
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - In this paper, I present a structural approach to investigate empirically the relation between income distribution, police expenditures and crime. The approach is based on the estimation of an equilibrium model where heterogeneous individuals choose whether to engage in criminal activities and expenditures on police to apprehend criminals are determined endogenously through majority voting. I discuss the identification and estimation of the parameters of the structural model using data for the United States.
AB - In this paper, I present a structural approach to investigate empirically the relation between income distribution, police expenditures and crime. The approach is based on the estimation of an equilibrium model where heterogeneous individuals choose whether to engage in criminal activities and expenditures on police to apprehend criminals are determined endogenously through majority voting. I discuss the identification and estimation of the parameters of the structural model using data for the United States.
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U2 - 10.1162/154247603322391080
DO - 10.1162/154247603322391080
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77957101452
SN - 1542-4766
VL - 1
SP - 450
EP - 458
JO - Journal of the European Economic Association
JF - Journal of the European Economic Association
IS - 2-3
ER -