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Stefan Kirkegaard Sløk-Madsen, David Skarbek, Andreas Hansen & Alexander Rezaei: The organization of Danish gangs: a transaction cost approach.
How do criminal groups organize, operate, and govern in Denmark? We argue that organized crime groups face governance challenges in the form of principal-agent problems and transaction costs. Based on interviews with law enforcement officers, former gang members, and prisoners, we provide evidence for how people involved in crime respond Read more…