CALL FOR PAPERS

AL CAPONE 4th ANNUAL MEETING

joint with the

6thSAO PAULO SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS CONFERENCE SERIES

Sao Paulo School of Economics–FGV, Brazil, April 24th and 25th, 2014

LACEA’s America Latina Crime and Policy Network (AL CAPONE) will hold its 4th annual meeting – together with the 6th Sao Paulo School of Economics Conference Series – on April 24th and 25th, at the Sao Paulo School of Economics, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The conference will have keynote addresses by Raymond Fisman (Columbia University) and Lance Lochner (University of Western Ontario).

 We particularly encourage submissions on the following topics:

-    Analysis of illegal and underground markets

-    Evaluation of crime related policy interventions

-    Political economy of crime control

-    Impacts of crime and violence on socioeconomic outcomes

-    Determinants of crime and violence

-    Determinants of the perception of violence

Articles using Latin American data and policy experiments are particularly welcome. Papers must be submitted in English and PDF format, to Rodrigo Soares (rodrigo.reis.soares@fgv.br) and Daniel Ortega (dortega@caf.com), no later than January 1st 2014 to be considered for the meeting. A program committee composed by Oeindrila Dube (New York University), Ana Maria Ibañez (Universidad de los Andes), Ignacio Munyo (Universidad de Montevideo), Daniel Ortega, and Rodrigo Soares will select the papers to be presented at the meeting. Authors of accepted papers will be notified by February 1st 2014. 

Submissions will be judged on their relevance and academic merit. Both theoretical and empirical contributions are welcome. The organization has some funds to cover travel expenses for participants not able to obtain full funding from their own resources. Young scholars and graduate students will have preference for funding.