Crime and Output : Theory and Application to the Northern Triangle of Central America /

This paper presents a structural model of crime and output. Individuals make an occupational choice between criminal and legal activities. The return to becoming a criminal is endogenously determined in a general equilibrium together with the level of crime and economic activity. I calibrate the mod...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Plotnikov, Dmitry
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2020.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2020/002
Online Access:Full text available on IMF