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Unintended Consequences Of Enforcement In Illicit Markets, James E. Prieger, Jonathan D. Kulick Jun 2014

Unintended Consequences Of Enforcement In Illicit Markets, James E. Prieger, Jonathan D. Kulick

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Legal enforcement of bans on goods can reduce the size of the black market but lead to greater violence by increasing revenue in the illicit market. However, the link between enforcement and violence is not as simple as is suggested by the textbook model, even for a competitive market. Nevertheless, under plausible assumptions more enforcement on trafficking in the illicit good leads to more violence.


The Impact Of Insecurity On Democracy And Trust In Institutions In Mexico, Luisa Blanco Oct 2011

The Impact Of Insecurity On Democracy And Trust In Institutions In Mexico, Luisa Blanco

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Using survey data from the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) and Encuesta Nacional Sobre la Inseguridad (ENSI) for Mexico during the period 2004-2010, this paper analyses the impact of insecurity and crime victimization on support and satisfaction with democracy and trust in institutions. With the LAPOP data, perceptions about higher insecurity decrease support and satisfaction with democracy. Perceptions of insecurity and crime victimization have a negative significant effect on trust in institutions, and this finding is robust to using LAPOP and ENSI data. Perceptions of insecurity and crime victimization have a larger negative effect on trust in institutions that …