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1 results foundAuthor: Mell, Andrew Title: Are "Gangstas" Peacocks? The Handicap Principle and Illicit Markets Summary: Criminals who wear gang colors are acting in a surprisingly brazen way which must increase the probability of being caught and punished by the police. In our model this brazen behavior is a solution to an enforcement problem. The central idea is that less able criminals see lower gains from continued participation in crime because they will be caught and punished more often. Lower future gains imply that reputational concerns will be less effective at enforcing honesty. Only dealing with brazen criminals will become a good way to avoid dealing with incompetent criminals, because they cannot afford to mimic the brazen behavior. The principle is similar to the selection for a handicap in evolutionary biology. Details: Oxford, UK: University of Oxford, Department of Economics, 2011. 32p. Source: Internet Resource: Discussion Paper Series No. 558: Accessed July 24, 2012 at: http://www.economics.ox.ac.uk/index.php/papers/details/department_wp_558/ Year: 2011 Country: International URL: http://www.economics.ox.ac.uk/index.php/papers/details/department_wp_558/ Shelf Number: 125755 Keywords: Criminal BehaviorGang ColorsIllegal MarketsIllicit Trade |