-complex legal systems. In theory, this type of regulatory reform promotes economic efficiency, leading to higher levels of …

response to Covid-19 in New Zealand for six crime types in six cities. We then use the estimated models to forecast … counterfactual crime trajectories. Novel elements include cleanly defined lockdown periods, two distinct lockdowns with meaningful …

In this paper we estimate the effects of expanding access to substance-abuse treatment on local crime. We do so using …

pure negative income effect on crime but also raises the opportunity cost of crime. This prediction is particularly … panel dataset of state- and county-level crime rates. My point estimates show that the ACA Medicaid expansion is negatively … expansion induced reduction in crime to expansion states is almost $10 billion per year …

This paper studies the effects of introducing legal street prostitution zones on both registered and perceived crime … different regulation systems. We provide evidence that the opening of these zones was not in response to changes in crime …-related crime and long-term effects on sexual assaults. Perceived drug nuisance increases upon opening but then decreases below pre …

The 2005 report of the National Research Council (NRC) on Firearms and Violence recognized that violent crime was … higher in the post-passage period (relative to national crime patterns) for states adopting right-to-carry (RTC) concealed … by Lott and Mustard (LM) and Moody and Marvell (MM) that had previously been offered as evidence of crime-reducing RTC …

In this paper we estimate the effects of expanding access to substance-abuse treatment on local crime. We do so using …