'WHY COMMIT CRIME?' Economic incentives for criminal behaviour | 2017 Public Lecture

'WHY COMMIT CRIME?' Economic incentives for criminal behaviour

What can economists contribute to our understanding of why people commit crime and what can be done to discourage, detect and apprehend criminals? In this lecture, Professor Stephen Machin will discuss the importance of economic incentives as a determinant of crime.

The 2017 Public Lecture will be given by Stephen Machin, Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Economic Performance at London School of Economics.

The 2017 RES Lecture will be streamed live here on this page from 16.45 on Wednesday 22nd November 2017. Please return here then to view the session - at which point you will be required to register to enter the live stream.

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The 2017 RES Annual Public Lecture will be given by:

Stephen Machin Professor Stephen Machin London School of Economics and Political Science
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