Showing papers by "Gregory DeAngelo published in 2012"
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of uncertainty on an individual's decision to commit a traffic violation were investigated in controlled conditions, and they found that individuals respond considerably to increases in the expected cost of speeding, uncertainty about the enforcement regime yields a significant reduction in violations committed, and people are much more likely to speed when the punishment regime for which they voted is implemented.
Abstract: We conduct laboratory experiments to investigate the effects of deterrence mechanisms under controlled conditions. The effect of the expected cost of punishment of an individual’s decision to engage in a proscribed activity and the effect of uncertainty on an individual’s decision to commit a violation are very difficult to isolate in field data. We use a roadway speeding framing and find that (a) individuals respond considerably to increases in the expected cost of speeding, (b) uncertainty about the enforcement regime yields a significant reduction in violations committed, and (c) people are much more likely to speed when the punishment regime for which they voted is implemented. Our results have important implications for a behavioral theory of deterrence under uncertainty.
61 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a spatial competition model was used to analyze criminal activity and found that an increase in law enforcement effort can increase the market share of criminals by forcing low productivity criminals out of the market, thereby allowing fewer criminals to serve the inelastic demands of the illegal goods market.
12 citations
01 Jan 2012
TL;DR: In this article, the relative importance of task-specific and job-specific human capital was estimated using a unique data set of all citations issued by state troopers in Idaho between 2005 and 2009.
Abstract: We provide new estimates of the relative importance of task-specific and job-specific human capital, using a unique data set of all citations issued by state troopers in Idaho between 2005 and 2009, linked to human resource records of the Idaho State Police. We document that the relationship between trooper experience and the number of tickets issued in a given month follows a logarithmic growth pattern, similar to previously documented relationships between experience and output in other industries. We then show that when the Idaho Legislature amends laws that the troopers must enforce, there is a temporary reduction in the number of times troopers “use” that law. Task-specific and job-specific experience appear to be substitutes, in the sense that the reduction in citations is largest for troopers with less experience, and law changes later in a given trooper’s career have a smaller effect on their use of the law.
10 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors use the theory of discrete-time Markov chains (DTMCs) to construct and analyze models in which they explicitly account for queue length and the number of citizens who are not provided a good that is allocated with a queuing mechanism.
5 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors run horizontal merger experiments and find that the firms tend to share monopoly profits regardless of the size of the firms, and that size does not matter at all.
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13 Aug 2012
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors test the response, by age, of speeding on roadways (a crime that is often considered to be linked to age) to decreases in the probability of being apprehended.
Abstract: The most effective use of law enforcement resources for reducing crime has generated significant attention across law enforcement agencies, federal, state, and local decision-making committees as well as many academic disciplines. One of the more spirited discussions revolves around law enforcement agents targeting criminal activity based on a suspect’s race and age. While racial profiling has received considerable attention, discussions about age-based patrolling and age-graded penalties have received much less attention. In the current analysis, we test the response, by age, of speeding on roadways (a crime that is often considered to be linked to age) to decreases in the probability of being apprehended. Our conclusions do not support the hypothesis that younger individuals respond differently to changes in the probability of apprehension when compared to older drivers. We find that all drivers appear to quasi-uniformly increase their speed in response to the reduced chance of being apprehended.