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    Honesty and excellence: the effect of enforcement on theft deterrence
    (2012-10-19) Baniqued, Justin Thomas A.; Jose, Giselle C.; Desierto, Desiree A.
    This paper aims to gain insight into the economic and sociological mechanisms involved with dishonesty and cooperation in everyday life through a natural field experiment. Designed to test the receptiveness of consumers to the introduction of a deterrent, the experiment makes use of the University of the Philippines Diliman's bluebook market wherein an honesty system is commonly used, and measures the prevalence of theft before and after the installation of a warn~ng sign against theft. We find that the presence of a sign as an enforcer is effective in deterring theft. Furthermore, using geographical location to approximate the degree courses of the consumers per bluebook stall, we find that subjects with higher IQ are more likely to cooperate and pay the correct price · of the good after the warning sign IS introduced.
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    A model of crime in the Philippines: the effect of consumption and labor markets on crime
    (2011-01) Anabo, David Joseph; Enriquez, Oliver Godfrey; Tecson, Gwendolyn R.
    Property crime has recently been a heated topic in the realm of Social Sciences. Even in the field of Economics, many have tried to explain the occurrence of crime. Nevertheless, no one has been so bold to claim that he/she has successfully modeled property crime and its causes. This is because property crime cannot be generalized, with it differing from incident to incident, from region to region, and from country to country. This is why this paper conducts an inquiry on what drives people to commit property crime in the Philippines. That instead of a cross-country analysis of crime, it singles out a country so as to not make the assumption of homogeneity in the causes of crime across such distinct cultures and settings. This paper then will look at the economic factors and its effects on theft and robbery in the Philippines, with no comparison to neighboring countries. To be particular, this paper aims to find out whether rapid GOP growth the key to eradicating property crime from the country, whether personal consumption affects property crime, and whether the state of the labor market affect the incidence of theft and robbery. With the use of regional data, panel data methods, and economic theory, this paper delves into the realm of property crime in the Philippines, and look for the causes and roots of property crime.
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    Income inequality: does it influence the propensity and propinquity to commit robbery and theft? (evidence from cross-regional data)
    (2005-01) Abarientos, Ma. Theresa M.; Aggari, Lara Perpetua
    This study is geared toward a better understanding of the factors that might contribute to the growing number of crimes committed in the country. There have been studies conducted related to this particular area but still there are areas left undone. The paper analyzes the significance of income inequality using the GINI coefficient index, in determining crime rate. In this paper, the researchers also attempt to provide a more intensive study concerning crime rate using cross-regional data on crime and other data. First, we probe into the link between income inequality and crime rate across regions in the country by looking into the correlation between the Gini coefficient and the crime rate as determined by the number of reported crimes divided by the population. We then further investigate the connection between the two by taking into account other determinants like urbanization rate, GRDP, literacy rate, unemployment rate, population density and percentage of young males. Lastly, we examine if the result of Ehrlich's study holds true regarding the effect of income inequality on crimes against property and crimes vs. people by looking into their correlation through regression. We are using the 2000 data because of better breakdown of reported index crimes. Moreover Gini coefficient is only available every three years including 2000.
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    Poverty-induced crimes: an econometrics study across the Philippine provinces
    (2010-04) Coquia, Joshua R.; Salonga, Vina Vanessa S.
    Various studies have been conducted by numerous economists and statisticians, in an attempt to trace the beginnings of crime. From the economic status, and the way a criminal· thinks, a lot of factors· were taken into consideration. One of the biggest reasons though, why an individual might choose to partake in illegitimate activities is when the necessity arises. The will to do crime, specifically crimes against property, all depends on what the perceived costs and benefits are. Poorer people's perception of benefits would be relatively higher and their perception of costs would be lower, as compared to their richer neighbors. It is seen that individuals would undertake extreme operations, such as threatening to hurt or kill, or even hurting and killing others just to transfer some of the wealth to themselves. We show in this paper how the economic status, along with other related factors, would affect the crime rates in the provinces of the Philippines.