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Behind bars and borders - the effect of drug lord extraditions on local violence levels
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Countries suffering from drug-trafficking violence often use decapitation strategies to weaken
drug-trafficking organizations (DTOs). Using the relatively new synthetic difference-in differences estimator, I find that one key tool for decapitation strategies, extraditions, result in
increased violence levels in municipalities where the corresponding cartel has already been
active. My results are robust to several specifications, transformations and time shifts. The
positive and significant average treatment effect on the treated (ATT) highlights the importance
of the allocation of public security goods, especially after the extradition of top-level drug
criminals.
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Policy evaluation Applied microeconomics Development economics Violence