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This paper develops a model of spatial violence diffusion when criminal organizations specialized in one illegal … violence triggered by the Mexican War on Drugs. The model predicts that violence will spread to locations with strategic value … this portfolio reallocation of illegal activities affected the spatial diffusion of violence. We show that violence …
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This paper develops a model of the geographic distribution of crime in an urban area. When the police protect some neighborhoods (concentrated protection), the city becomes segregated. When the police are evenly deployed across the city (dispersed protection), an integrated city emerges. Unequal...
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This paper develops a model of the geographic distribution of crime in an urban area. Agents select their occupation, residence, consumption, and housing. The paper is the first to formally study how the location of crime, the residence of workers, and housing prices are affected by the spatial...
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This paper develops a model of the geographic distribution of crime in an urban area. When the police protect some neighborhoods (concentrated protection), the city becomes segregated. When the police are evenly deployed across the city (dispersed protection), an integrated city emerges. Unequal...
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