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Victim Incentives and Criminal Activity: Evidence from Bus Driver Robberies in Chile.
- Source :
- Review of Economics & Statistics; Dec2022, Vol. 104 Issue 5, p946-961, 16p, 1 Diagram, 7 Charts, 7 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- This paper analyzes crime as a function of the interaction between offenders and victims. I study robbery of bus drivers, a crime that remains common in cities throughout the world. Exploiting the timing of a Chilean public transportation reform and detailed administrative data, I show how victims' propensity to resist an attack can alter the level and nature of criminal activity. I also find a large decline in crime after the implementation of a technological innovation that eliminated cash transactions on buses. My results suggest a strong relationship between victim incentives, cash, and crime. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CRIMINAL evidence
BUS drivers
ADMINISTRATIVE reform
CASH transactions
ROBBERY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00346535
- Volume :
- 104
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Review of Economics & Statistics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 158991524
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_00989