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Metal crime: the impact of prices, policing and policy

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  • Tom Kirchmaier
  • Stephen Machin
  • Matteo Sandi
  • Robert Witt

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Metal prices are strong drivers of metal crime, according to research by Tom Kirchmaier and colleagues. Their study traces how, over the past ten years, big rises in commodity prices led to a boom in metal crime in the UK, which was followed by a bust as prices fell.

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  • Tom Kirchmaier & Stephen Machin & Matteo Sandi & Robert Witt, 2018. "Metal crime: the impact of prices, policing and policy," CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance 532, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    • Handle: RePEc:cep:cepcnp:532
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    metal crime; metal prices; commodity prices;
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    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law

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