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Taxing Guns vs. Taxing Crime: An Application of the 'Market for Offenses Model'Isaac EhrlichState University of New York at Buffalo - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); University of Chicago - University of Chicago Press; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Tetsuya SaitoNihon University College of Economics August 3, 2010 Journal of Policy Modeling, Vol. 32, pp. 670-689, 2010 Abstract: The interaction between offenders and potential victims has so far received relatively little attention in the literature on the economics of crime. The main objective of this paper is twofold: to extend the “market for offenses model” to deal with both “product” and “factor” markets, and to apply it to the case where guns are used for crime commission by offenders and for self-protection by potential victims. Our analysis offers new insights about the association between crime and guns and the limits it imposes on the efficacy of law enforcement and regulatory policies aimed to control both crime and guns.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 20 Keywords: Economics of Crime, Market for Offenses, Self-Protection, Law Enforcement, Regulation, Guncontrol, Strategic JEL Classification: C72, D78, H49, K42 Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: December 17, 2010Suggested CitationContact Information
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