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Author: | Chisholm, J. Choe, C. |
Title: | Income variables and the measures of gains from crime |
Journal: | Oxford Economic Papers
2005 : JAN, VOL. 57:1, p. 112-119 |
Index terms: | Crime Economics Incomes Theories Models |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | There is ambiguity in the empirical studies of crime economics on various income variables used to proxy the expected net gains from crime. As a result, the empirical findings are often mixed or contradictory. This note provides a theoretical argument that relates the net expected gains from crime to a measure of income inequality (the Gini coefficient) and the mean income of a society, thereby clarifying the ambiguity. |
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