Andrea Velásquez talks about how exposure to violent crime affects risk aversion.
"Impact of Violent Crime on Risk Aversion: Evidence from the Mexican Drug War" by Ryan Brown, Verónica Montalva, Duncan Thomas, and Andrea Velásquez.
OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:“Violence, Psychological Trauma, and Risk Attitudes: Evidence from Victims of Violence in Colombia” by Andrés Moya.
“Violence and Risk Preference: Experimental Evidence from Afghanistan” by Michael Callen, Mohammad Isaqzadeh, James D. Long, and Charles Sprenger.
“Depression Babies: Do Macroeconomic Experiences Affect Risk-Taking?” by Ulrike Malmendier and Stefan Nagel.
“Beyond Valence: Toward a Model of Emotion-Specific Influences on Judgement and Choice” by Jennifer Lerner and Dacher Keltner.
“The Economic Burden of Crime: Evidence from Mexico” by Andrea Velásquez.
“Violent Conflict and Behavior: A Field Experiment in Burundi” by Maarten J. Voors, Eleonora E.M. Nillesen, Philip Verwimp, Erwin H. Bulte, Robert Lensink, and Daan P. Van Soest.
“The Impact of Violence on Individual Risk Preferences: Evidence from a Natural Experiment” by Pamela Jakiela and Owen Ozier.
“Security, Drugs, and Violence in Mexico: A Survey” by Eduardo Guerrero-Gutiérrez.
“Drug Violence in Mexico: Data and Analysis through 2011” by Cory Molzahn, Viridiana Ríos, and David A. Shirk.
“Trafficking Networks and the Mexican Drug War” by Melissa Dell.
“Illegal Drug Markets and Violence in Mexico: The Causes beyond Calderón” by Juan Castillo, Daniel Mejía, and Pascual Restrepo.
Votes, Drugs, and Violence: The Political Logic of Criminal Wars in Mexico. by Sandra Ley and Guillermo Trejo.
"Knowing Where and How Criminal Organizations Operate Using Web Content" by Michele Coscia and Viridiana Ríos.
“Risk Preferences in Households and Families” by Amar Hamoudi.
"Conflict and Risky Health Behavior: Evidence from Mexico's Drug War" by Shanthi Manian.
"Health Seeking amid Violence: Evidence from the Philippines" by Teresa Molina.
Episode 21: Aurelie Ouss on reducing failures-to-appear in court
Episode 20: J.J. Prescott on sex offender registries
Episode 19: Jeremy West on racial bias in police investigations
Episode 18: Maya Rossin-Slater on the effects of violent assault during pregnancy
Episode 17: Ana Tur-Prats on how historical family types affect intimate partner violence today
Episode 16: Stephen Billings on lead and crime
Coming soon: Interviews with book authors
Episode 15: Mica Sviatschi on the effects of criminal gangs in El Salvador
Episode 14: Aaron Chalfin on street lighting and crime
Episode 13: Ariel White on short jail spells and subsequent voting behavior
Episode 12: Michael Lovenheim on grade retention and students' criminal activity
Episode 11: Steven Raphael on sentencing reform in California
Episode 10: Emily Weisburst on police officers in schools
Episode 9: Mike Mueller-Smith on the Criminal Justice Administrative Records System (CJARS)
Episode 8: Amanda Agan on Ban the Box
Episode 7: Jeff Weaver on the effects of parental and sibling incarceration
Episode 6: Manisha Shah on criminalizing sex work
Episode 5: Kevin Schnepel on diversion from felony conviction
Episode 4: Megan Stevenson on cash bail
Episode 3: Analisa Packham on syringe exchange programs
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