Bonus for firearms seizures and police performance

This paper studies the effect of monetary incentives for firearms seizures on police performance and public safety outcomes. Using data from Brazilian states, we evaluate the impact of Pernambuco's Pact for Life (Pacto pela Vida) Program, which offers a monetary bonus to police officers for fir...

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Autores: Barros, Fernando, Jr., Delalibera, Bruno R., Neto, Valdemar Pinho, Rodrigues, Victor
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Armes de foc
Confiscació
Reglaments policials
Firearms
Confiscations
Police regulations
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spelling Bonus for firearms seizures and police performanceBarros, Fernando, Jr.Delalibera, Bruno R.Neto, Valdemar PinhoRodrigues, VictorArmes de focConfiscacióReglaments policialsFirearmsConfiscationsPolice regulationsThis paper studies the effect of monetary incentives for firearms seizures on police performance and public safety outcomes. Using data from Brazilian states, we evaluate the impact of Pernambuco's Pact for Life (Pacto pela Vida) Program, which offers a monetary bonus to police officers for firearms seizures and other outcomes. Our results indicate that the bonus has a causal and positive impact on the number of firearms seizures by police officers. Although we see a decrease in the number of crimes in Pernambuco, it is not possible to be attributed to the bonus policy.Elsevier B.V.2023202420222023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/196023Articles publicats en revistes (Economia)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110681Economics Letters, 2022, vol. 217, num. 110681https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110681cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier B.V., 2022https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/1960232026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Bonus for firearms seizures and police performance
title Bonus for firearms seizures and police performance
spellingShingle Bonus for firearms seizures and police performance
Barros, Fernando, Jr.
Armes de foc
Confiscació
Reglaments policials
Firearms
Confiscations
Police regulations
title_short Bonus for firearms seizures and police performance
title_full Bonus for firearms seizures and police performance
title_fullStr Bonus for firearms seizures and police performance
title_full_unstemmed Bonus for firearms seizures and police performance
title_sort Bonus for firearms seizures and police performance
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Barros, Fernando, Jr.
Delalibera, Bruno R.
Neto, Valdemar Pinho
Rodrigues, Victor
author Barros, Fernando, Jr.
author_facet Barros, Fernando, Jr.
Delalibera, Bruno R.
Neto, Valdemar Pinho
Rodrigues, Victor
author_role author
author2 Delalibera, Bruno R.
Neto, Valdemar Pinho
Rodrigues, Victor
author2_role author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Armes de foc
Confiscació
Reglaments policials
Firearms
Confiscations
Police regulations
topic Armes de foc
Confiscació
Reglaments policials
Firearms
Confiscations
Police regulations
description This paper studies the effect of monetary incentives for firearms seizures on police performance and public safety outcomes. Using data from Brazilian states, we evaluate the impact of Pernambuco's Pact for Life (Pacto pela Vida) Program, which offers a monetary bonus to police officers for firearms seizures and other outcomes. Our results indicate that the bonus has a causal and positive impact on the number of firearms seizures by police officers. Although we see a decrease in the number of crimes in Pernambuco, it is not possible to be attributed to the bonus policy.
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