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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Linden and Rockoff: Results<br />

Find house prices decline by about 4% ($5500) when a sex offender is<br />

located within 0.1 mile of the house<br />

Implied cost of a sexual offense given probabilities of a crime: $1.2<br />

million<br />

This is far above what is used by Dept of Justice<br />

How to interpret evidence: true cost of crime or a behavioral effect?<br />

Why does price fall only within 0.1 mile radius?<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 2: Tax Incidence 119 / 142

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