The Engine Immobilizer: A Non-Starter for Car Thieves
The Engine Immobilizer: A Non-Starter for Car Thieves
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发动机防盗装置：盗车贼无从下手
DOI：
10.2139/ssrn.2202165
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发表时间：
2013
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通讯作者：
B. Vollaard
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作者：
J. van Ours;B. Vollaard
我们提供的证据是一个有益的福利影响的犯罪政策，旨在加强受害者预防。该条例规定，自1998年起，在欧洲联盟境内销售的所有新汽车都必须使用发动机电子防盗装置，这是一种简单、低成本的防盗装置。我们利用该法规作为汽车生产年份使用该装置的外源性变化的来源。基于详细的数据，在汽车模型的水平上，我们发现，统一应用的安全设备减少了汽车盗窃的概率估计在1995年至2008年期间平均在荷兰的50%，占两个保护效果的汽车与设备和位移效果的汽车没有设备。每起预防盗窃的费用约为1，500欧元;这只是预防汽车盗窃的社会效益的一小部分。
We provide evidence for a beneficial welfare impact of a crime policy that is targeted at strenghtening victim precaution. Regulation made application of the electronic engine immobilizer, a simple and low-cost anti-theft device, mandatory for all new cars sold within the European Union as of 1998. We exploit the regulation as source of exogenous variation in use of the device by year of manufacture of cars. Based on detailed data at the level of car models, we find that uniform application of the security device reduced the probability of car theft by an estimated 50 percent on average in the Netherlands during 1995-2008, accounting for both the protective effect on cars with the device and the displacement effect on cars without the device. The costs per prevented theft equal some 1,500 Euro; a fraction of the social benefits of a prevented car theft.