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| Title: | | Law enforcement and criminality: Europe vs. USA  |
| Authors: | | Demougin, Dominique M. Schwager, Robert |
| Issue Date: | | 1999 |
| Series/Report no.: | | ZEW Discussion Papers 99-44 |
| 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¤ 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¤erence between the US and Europe in crime statistics and law enforcement expenditures. |
| Subjects: | | Criminality law enforcement social system |
| JEL: | | H3 K0 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des ZEW ZEW Discussion Papers
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