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relative effectiveness of interdiction efforts. -- War on drugs ; conflict ; enforcement ; prevention and treatment policies … demand for drugs) and enforcement policies (aimed at reducing the production and trafficking of drugs), and shows how the …
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them the price elasticity of demand, and the effectiveness of the resources allocated to enforcement and prevention and … policies (aimed at reducing the demand for illegal drugs) and enforcement policies (aimed at reducing the production and …
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demand for drugs) and enforcement policies (aimed at reducing the production and trafficking of drugs), and shows how the …
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?). Thus, conflict is viewed as ultimately stemming from imperfect property-rights enforcement. When comparing autarky with …We examine how globalization affects trade patterns and welfare when conflict prevails domestically. We do so in a … conflict. We find that importers of the contested resource gain unambiguously. By contrast, countries exporting the contested …
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Empirical evidence reveals that unemployment tends to increase property crime but that it has no effect on violent crime. To explain these facts, we examine a model of criminal gangs and suggest that there is a substitution effect between property crime and violent crime at work. In the model,...
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Empirical evidence reveals that unemployment tends to increase property crime but that it has no effect on violent crime. To explain these facts, we examine a model of criminal gangs and suggest that there is a substitution effect between property crime and violent crime at work. In the model,...
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enforcement is more effective in reducing crime depends crucially on how well one can target a certain group of individuals …
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One possible solution to mitigate the negative influences of conflict which has been proposed in the literature is to … increasing an individual's social capital will lead her to reduce her conflict effort, whereas increasing her human capital can … induce her to increase her conflict effort. We then analyze which conditions need to be present to induce the individuals to …
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One possible solution to mitigate the negative influences of conflict which has been proposed in the literature is to … increasing an individual's social capital will lead her to reduce her conflict effort, whereas increasing her human capital can … induce her to increase her conflict effort. We then analyze which conditions need to be present to induce the individuals to …
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I consider a model in which an asset owner must decide how much to invest in his asset mindful of the fact that an encroacher's valuation of the asset is increasing in the asset owner's investment. Due to incomplete property rights, the encroacher and asset owner engage in a contest over the...
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