Investigation into the Factors of Crime: An Empirical Study of Murder in Taiwan
Date Issued
2010
Date
2010
Author(s)
Lin, Shen-Yi
Abstract
Abstract
Most researchers have assumed fixed elasticity of criminal factors to simplify model setting, however, there may be some implications missed. Due to the simultaneity problem, police was revealed to have a significant positive effect on crime previously (Lin&Liu, 2006). In this paper, we add quadratic and cubic terms of criminal factors into our analysis, using social gathering events and fireman as instruments to identify the causality between police and crime. Under 2SLS, the increase of police is shown to reduce crimes significantly, with average elasticity about– 0.9; in addition, we also find other significant terms and shed light on explanation of criminal behavior.
Subjects
Crime
Deterrence
Penalty
Instrument
SDGs
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