Does globalisation affect crime? theory and evidence

Globalization skeptics argue that trade liberalization has high social costs, including an increase in expropriative behavior such as civil-conflict, coercion of labor and crime. We show that a theoretical relationship between trade and expropriation exists, but the sign differs for developed and de...

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Main Authors: Ghosh, Arghya, Robertson, Peter E., Robitaille, Marie-Claire
Format: Article
Published: Wiley 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47923/