@techreport{Demougin1999enforcement,
abstract = {We use a stylized model to show that, if transfers to the poor are founded on a security argument, there is a negative trade-o\textcurrency{} between law enforcement expenditures and criminality. In contrast, if transfers are based on altruism, the correlation between the same variables may appear positive. We argue that it provides a plausible explanation for the startling di\textcurrency{}erence between the US and Europe in crime statistics and law enforcement expenditures.},
address = {Mannheim},
author = {Dominique M. Demougin and Robert Schwager},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {H3; K0; 330; Criminality; law enforcement; social system; Kriminalpolitik; Kriminalit\"{a}t; Einkommensverteilung; Innere Sicherheit; Altruismus; Theorie; USA; Westeuropa},
language = {eng},
number = {99-44},
publisher = {Zentrum f\"{u}r Europ\"{a}ische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)},
title = {Law enforcement and criminality: Europe vs. USA},
type = {ZEW Discussion Papers},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/24326},
year = {1999}
}
