Copula econometrics to simulate effects of private policing on crime

Francis Petterini and Akauã Flores ()
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Akauã Flores: Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Economics Bulletin, 2021, vol. 41, issue 3, 1241-1254

Abstract: Clotfelter´s model indicates that an increase in private policing has an ambiguous effect on crime across a city. Although this is often cited in the literature, we have found few attempts to test this hypothesis, perhaps because it involves several econometric challenges. This research presents a framework to solve this using city-level samples, applying copulas in Tobit marginals over indicators of crime and private policing. Using a sample of Brazilian cities, we find evidence in favor of Clotfelter´s hypothesis.

Keywords: copula econometrics; private policing; economics of crime (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C1 K4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-07-18
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