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Bookmark or Share- Steven D. Levitt - Academics - University of ChicagoSteve Levitt is the Alvin H. Baum Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, where he directs the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory.
- What Do Laboratory Experiments Tell Us About the Real World?Steven D. Levitt and John A List* University of Chicago and NBER 27 June 2006 Abstract An important question facing experimental economists is whether behavior inside the laboratory is a good indicator of behavior outside the laboratory. We begin with a model that assumes the choices that
- Understanding Why Crime Fell in the 1990s: Four Factors that Explain ...Steven D. Levitt C rime fell sharply in the United States in the 1990s, in all categories of crime and all parts of the nation. Homicide rates plunged 43 percent from the peak in 1991 to 2001, reaching the lowest levels in 35 years. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’ s (FBI) violent and property crime indexes fell 34
- Steven D. Levitt - Teaching - University of ChicagoSteve Levitt is the Alvin H. Baum Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, where he directs the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory.
- AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF A DRUG-SELLING GANG'S FINANCESSTEVEND.LEVITTANDSUDHIRALLADIVENKATESH We use a unique data set detailing the ” nancial activities of a drug-selling street gang to analyze gang economics. On average, earnings in the gang are somewhat above the legitimate labor market alternative. The enormous risks of drug selling, however, more than offset this small wage premium. Compensation
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