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Agglomeration, city size and crime

Agglomeration, city size and crime
Agglomeration, city size and crime
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.
0014-2921
62-82
Gaigné, Carl
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Zenou, Yves
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Gaigné, Carl
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Zenou, Yves
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Gaigné, Carl and Zenou, Yves (2015) Agglomeration, city size and crime. European Economic Review, 80, 62-82. (doi:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2015.08.014).

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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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Published date: 25 September 2015
Organisations: Economics

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Local EPrints ID: 408270
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/408270
ISSN: 0014-2921
PURE UUID: 4ecf1d10-3ed9-47b8-b76c-581420221893
ORCID for Yves Zenou: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6516-0812

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Date deposited: 18 May 2017 04:02
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 04:11

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Author: Carl Gaigné
Author: Yves Zenou ORCID iD

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