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dc.contributor.authorGould, Eric D.en
dc.contributor.authorStecklov, Guyen
dc.date.accessioned2009-11-04-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T12:04:01Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T12:04:01Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-20090909685en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/35903-
dc.description.abstractThis paper argues that terrorism, beyond its immediate impact on innocent victims, also raises the costs of crime, and therefore, imposes a negative externality on potential criminals. Terrorism raises the costs of crime through two channels: (i) by increasing the presence and activity of the police force, and (ii) causing more people to stay at home rather than going out for leisure activities. Our analysis exploits a panel of 120 fatal terror attacks and all reported crimes for 17 districts throughout Israel between 2000 and 2005. After controlling for the fixed-effect of each district and for district-specific time trends, we show that terror attacks reduce property crimes such as burglary, auto-theft, and thefts-from-cars. Terror also reduces assaults and aggravated assaults which occur in private homes, but increases incidents of trespassing and disrupting the police. Taken as a whole, the results are consistent with a stronger deterrence effect produced by an increased police presence after a terror attack. A higher level of policing is likely to catch more people trespassing, and at the same time, reduce the number of property crimes. The decline in crimes committed in private houses is likely an indication that the tendency for individuals to stay home after a terror attack further increases the costs of crime.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x4347en
dc.subject.jelK4en
dc.subject.ddc360en
dc.subject.keywordCrimeen
dc.subject.keywordpoliceen
dc.subject.keywordterroren
dc.subject.stwPolitische Gewalten
dc.subject.stwKriminalitäten
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwIsraelen
dc.titleTerror and the costs of crime-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn60979731Xen
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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