Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/234694 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IDB Working Paper Series No. IDB-WP-1108
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
This paper models crime rates as a function of the interaction between potential offenders and victims. In particular, the paper studies robbery of bus drivers, a crime that remains common in cities throughout the world. Exploiting the timing of a significant reform introduced in Chile in the public transportation sector and detailed administrative data on crime incidents, the paper shows how victims' propensity to resist an attack can alter the level and nature of criminal activity. The paper also finds a large decline in crime after the implementation of a technological innovation that eliminated cash transactions on buses. The results suggest a strong relationship between victims incentives, cash presence, and crime.
Subjects: 
Economics of crime
Victims
Cash
Public transportation
JEL: 
K42
R41
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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