Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5066582 | European Economic Review | 2015 | 21 Pages |
Abstract
This paper analyzes the relationship between crime and agglomeration where the land, labor, product, and crime markets are endogenously determined. Our main theoretical findings are the following: (i) better accessibility to jobs decreases crime in the short run but may increase crime in the long run; (ii) the per-capita crime rate increases with city size; (iii) when allowing for endogenous policing, lower commuting costs make the impact of police on crime more efficient.
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Authors
Carl Gaigné, Yves Zenou,