Poverty aversion or inequality aversion? The influencing factors of crime in China

This paper aims to understand whether and how poverty aversion and inequality aversion affect the criminal behaviors. We analyze the relationship between the three variables through a theoretical model and an empirical model. The panel data of 27 provincial-level regions in China were collected for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhe Song, Taihua Yan, Tangyang Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Economics
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15140326.2020.1816130