Life is now! Time discounting and crime: evidence from the Italian regions (2002-2007)

This paper tests the relationship between time preferences and crime rates as posited by Davis (1988), whose theoretical analysis suggests that individuals’ attitude towards the future significantly affect their propensity to commit crime. Our empirical analysis is based on a panel of Italian region...

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1. VerfasserIn: Gilberto Turati (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Sergio Beraldo ; Raul Caruso
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Sprache:Englisch
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