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1、江畔夏草UsingElectoralCyclesinPoliceHiringtoEstimatetheEffectofPoliceonCrimeBySTEVEND.LEVITT江畔夏草1.QuestionofInterest:thecausaleffectofpoliceoncrime.2.EndogenousProblemsSimultaneitybetweenpoliceandcrime:Evenifpolicereducecrime,a)Citieswithhighcrimeratesmaytendtohavelargepoliceforces.b)Citieswillhir
2、emorepolicewhencrimeisincreasing.Theendogenousproblemcausesapositivebias,whichevenshowsapositiverelationshipbetweenthetwoinpreviousliterature.3.EmpiricalEstimationMethods:IVInstrumentVariable:thetimingofmayoralandgubernatorialelections4.AssumptionsfortheEmpiricalEstimationMethodsInstrumentexog
3、eneity:electionsmustbeuncorrelatedwithcrime,exceptthroughvariablesthatareincludedintheequationexplainingcrime.Threats:electionsmightsystematicallyaffectthecrimeratethroughelectoralcyclesinothertypesofsocialspendingpoliticallyinducedfluctuationsineconomicperformanceSolution:controlforthesefac
4、tors:spendingoneducationandpublicwelfareprograms,stateunemploymentrate.5.DataUsedApanelof59U.S.citieswithobservationsrunningfrom1970-1992,satisfying:i.Thecitypopulationexceeds250,000atsomepointinthetimeperiodanalyzed;ii.Themayorisdirectlyelected.DataoncrimeandswornofficersaretakenfromtheFBIU
5、niformCrimeReports.7typesofcrime,categorizedintoviolentcrimeandpropertycrime.6.MainResults1)Policesubstantiallyreduceviolentcrime,buthaveasmallereffectonpropertycrime.2)2SLSestimatesareconsistentlymorenegativethanOLSestimates.7.ConclusionsAlthoughtheinstrumentvariablesestimatesareimprecise,si
6、nceelectioncyclesexplainonlyasmallfractionoftheoverallvariationinpolice,theresultsdoprovideevidencesuggestingthatadditionalpolicereducecrime.8.CommentsandThoughts1)Drawbacksa)PotentiallyimposeunwarrantedstructureThecoefficientsonthepolice,demographic,andstateandlocalspendingvariablesare江畔夏草con
7、strainedtobeidenticalforallviolentcrimeandallpropertycrime,whichmayimposeunwarrantedstructureonthedata.Theparameterrestrictionofdifferentcrimesmaynotbereasonable.2SLSresultsforviolentcrimemaybedrivenbytheestimateoftheeffectofpoliceonmur
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