Autor:
Martin Tetaz
Revista:
This paper was prepared for The International Forum of Well-being & Development
Policy— 24th/26th November 2014—Guadalajara, Mexico
 
Descripción:
This paper builds on Kanehman’s Prospect Theory, adapting the idea of a reference point to insecurity and neighborhood quality of life. We take advantage of a novel tailored survey to show that as occur with income gains and losses, the value
function associated with neighborhood quality of life is steeper in the domain of losses, than in the space of gains, when it comes to the position of a neighborhood relative to others, in terms of security. The finding has profound implications in security policies, because unless the policy is designed to avoid spillovers, the welfare aggregated effect will be negative.