Crime and beliefs: evidence from Latin America

被引:7
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作者
Di Tella, Rafael [2 ]
Donna, Javier [3 ]
MacCulloch, Robert [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, London SW7 2AZ, England
[2] Harvard Univ, Sch Business, Boston, MA 02163 USA
[3] Univ Torcuato Tella, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
关键词
beliefs; crime; fairness; legitimacy of market;
D O I
10.1016/j.econlet.2007.10.002
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We find that perceptions of crime and individual experience with crime (crime victimization) are positively correlated with left-wing beliefs within countries, controlling for income and other correlates of ideology, in a sample for Latin American countries in the mid-1990's. (c) 2007 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
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页码:566 / 569
页数:4
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