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Fiorentini, Gianluca; Peltzman, Sam

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“…This 1-year income decline was meant to re-flect the short-term declines in income that may be associated with victimization (e.g., costs associated with physical injury or property damage resulting from violence). 64,65 Furthermore, agents who developed PTSD also experienced a drop in income to the next lowest category, with income returning to its previous level only when PTSD resolved. This reflects the potentially more long-term costs associated with the mental health consequences of violence, including lost wages and reduced productivity and the costs of mental health services.…”

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Addressing Population Health and Health Inequalities: The Role of Fundamental Causes

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Objectives As a case study of the impact of universal versus targeted interventions on population health and health inequalities, we used simulations to examine (1) whether universal or targeted manipulations of collective efficacy better reduced population-level rates and racial/ethnic inequalities in violent victimization; and (2) whether experiments reduced disparities without addressing fundamental causes. Methods We applied agent-based simulation techniques to the specific example of an intervention on neighborhood collective efficacy to reduce population-level rates and racial/ethnic inequalities in violent victimization. The agent population consisted of 4000 individuals aged 18 years and older with sociodemographic characteristics assigned to match distributions of the adult population in New York City according to the 2000 US Census. Results Universal experiments reduced rates of victimization more than targeted experiments. However, neither experiment reduced inequalities. To reduce inequalities, it was necessary to eliminate racial/ethnic residential segregation. Conclusions These simulations support the use of universal intervention but suggest that it is not possible to address inequalities in health without first addressing fundamental causes.

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“…Organized crime can be characterized as exhibiting economies of scale, undertaking violence against other legal and illegal business, creating a hierarchy which internalizes negative externalities and manages a portfolio of risky activities, and avoiding resource dissipation through competitive lobbying and corruption (Fiorentini & Peltzman, 1995).…”

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A law and economics perspective on terrorism

2006

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This paper reviews the existing law and economics literature on crime, noting where various models might apply to the terror context. Specifically, it focuses on two strands of the literature, deterrence and incapacitation. It considers anti-terror measures enacted by different countries, highlighting how the details of the laws correspond to the insights from economic models of crime. In conclusion, the paper proposes an efficient sorting mechanism in which individuals will be provided with incentives to reveal their type to law enforcement authorities. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006Terrorism, Penalty enhancements, Communal liability, Organized crime, Basic crime model, Deterrence, Incapacitation,

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“…contrast does not just concern the historical origins of the mob. It also concerns a question basic to industrial organization more generally: whether to buy or build—whether to buy protection (as a requisite input to production) on the open market (as in Sicily), or to produce it within the firm (as in the United States) (for some of the transactions‐cost considerations involved, see Dyck ; Garoupa ; Fiorentini & Peltzman ).…”

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“…To obtain government‐related projects, it can exploit its investments (made to facilitate its illegal activities) in corrupting public officials. Fiorentini and Peltzman (:22) stress the mob's frequent “control over key input markets such as the labour market” in a variety of societies. Arlacchi (:62–67, 96), Anderson (:43), and Gambetta and Reuter (:122) discuss the mafia's ties to the construction industry in Sicily.…”

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Nuclear Power and the Mob: Extortion in Japan

Ramseyer¹

2016

J Empirical Legal Studies

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Nuclear reactors entail massive nontransferrable site‐specific investments. The resulting appropriable quasi‐rents offer the mob a lucrative target. In exchange for large fees, it can either promise to “protect” the utility (and silence the reactor's local opponents) or “extort” from it (and desist from inciting those opponents). Using prefecture‐level Japanese panel data covering the years 1980 to 2010, I find that extortion rates rise when a utility announces plans to build a reactor. The evidence is consistent with a straightforward account: once news about a utility's plans to build a new reactor leaks, the mob moves in to appropriate the large quasi‐rents from the utility, and stays to do what it does everywhere else—extort regular payments from local businesses.

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Cited by 25 publications

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Addressing Population Health and Health Inequalities: The Role of Fundamental Causes

Addressing Population Health and Health Inequalities: The Role of Fundamental Causes

A law and economics perspective on terrorism

Nuclear Power and the Mob: Extortion in Japan

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