Gregers Nytoft Rasmussen
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Gregers Nytoft Rasmussen has a total of 5 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Claus Thustrup Kreiner
Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 1353 Copenhagen, Denmark
1 shared publication - Ernst Fehr
University of Zürich
1 shared publication - Kristoffer Balle Hvidberg
Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality
1 shared publication - Søren Leth-Petersen
Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 1353 Copenhagen, Denmark
1 shared publication - Thomas Epper
Univ. Lille, CNRS, IESEG School of Management, UMR 9221 - LEM - Lille Économie Management, Lille, France
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- Top Cited PapersOpen Access
- 31 January 2022
- Published by National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 119 (6)
Preferences predict who commits crime among young men
Significance: Who commits crime? Theoretically, risk-tolerant and impatient people are more likely to commit crime because they care less about the risks of apprehension and punishment. By linking experimental data on risk tolerance and impatience of young men to administrative crime records, we find empirical support for this hypothesis. For example, crime rates are 8 to 10 percentage points higher for the most risk-tolerant people compared to the most risk averse. A theoretical implication is that those who are most prone to commit crime are also those who are least responsive to stricter law enforcement. Risk tolerance and impatience significantly predict property crime, while self-control is a stronger predictor of crimes of passion (violent, drug, and sexual offenses).
- 31 January 2022
- Published by National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 119 (6)
Top Cited PapersOpen AccessPreferences predict who commits crime among young men
Significance: Who commits crime? Theoretically, risk-tolerant and impatient people are more likely to commit crime because they care less about the risks of apprehension and punishment. By linking experimental data on risk tolerance and impatience of young men to administrative crime records, we find empirical support for this hypothesis. For example, crime rates are 8 to 10 percentage points higher for the most risk-tolerant people compared to the most risk averse. A theoretical implication is that those who are most prone to commit crime are also those who are least responsive to stricter law enforcement. Risk tolerance and impatience significantly predict property crime, while self-control is a stronger predictor of crimes of passion (violent, drug, and sexual offenses).