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Pax Monopolista and Crime: The Case of the Emergence of the Primeiro Comando da Capital in São Paulo

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  • Biderman, Ciro
  • Sergio De Lima, Renato
  • Pinho De Mello, João Manoel
  • Schneider, Alexandre

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This paper documents a rare phenomenon: the consequence of the dominance of a single criminal gang in the city of São Paulo, the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC). Using unique data to identify entry in geographically well-delimited areas – the Favelas - we explore the timing of the expansion of geographical dominance to estimate the causal impact of its dominance on property and violent crime. Pax Monopolista caused a reduction in violent crime but no impact on property crime.

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  • Biderman, Ciro & Sergio De Lima, Renato & Pinho De Mello, João Manoel & Schneider, Alexandre, 2014. "Pax Monopolista and Crime: The Case of the Emergence of the Primeiro Comando da Capital in São Paulo," Research Department working papers 712, CAF Development Bank Of Latinamerica.
    • Handle: RePEc:dbl:dblwop:712
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    2. Lessing, Benjamin & Willis, Graham Denyer, 2019. "Legitimacy in Criminal Governance: Managing a Drug Empire from Behind Bars," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 113(2), pages 584-606, May.
    3. Benjamin Lessing, 2017. "Counterproductive punishment: How prison gangs undermine state authority," Rationality and Society, , vol. 29(3), pages 257-297, August.
    4. Tina Hilgers, 2020. "Security, Resilience and Participatory Urban Upgrading in Latin America and the Caribbean," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 51(5), pages 1246-1270, September.

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