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Optimal firm investment in security

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  • Kort, P.M.

    (Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management)

  • Haunschmied, J.L.
  • Feichtinger, G.

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In this paper, we analyze the problem of an individual firm that has to deal with lossesfrom criminal activities. It is assumed that the firm can protect itself by investing in securityequipment. Two different models are considered. In the first model, the firm has the possibilityto spend money on production and on security investment. More production increasesrevenue but also criminal losses, while the latter can be decreased by investing in security.It turns out that the optimal production level increases with security equipment and is determinedsuch that marginal revenue, net from criminal losses, equals marginal cost. For theoptimal level of security investment it holds that, in the case of the existence of a long‐runsteady‐state equilibrium, the properly discounted future reductions in criminal losses, whichare due to an additional unit of security investment, exactly balances the initial outlaynecessary to acquire an extra unit of security investment. In the second model, we extendthis analysis by considering the effect that the firm's reputation has in the criminal world. Ifthe firm has produced a lot in the past without having invested in security equipment, thisfirm is known to be a fruitful target for criminals. Therefore, more criminals will try to robthis firm, and this will increase future criminal losses. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1999
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  • Kort, P.M. & Haunschmied, J.L. & Feichtinger, G., 1999. "Optimal firm investment in security," Other publications TiSEM d08854cc-e58c-4412-955c-0, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
  • Handle: RePEc:tiu:tiutis:d08854cc-e58c-4412-955c-09d7bacc0a92
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