Zachary Porreca
Biographic Data
| ID | 5738876 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zachary Porreca |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zachary |
| FAMILY NAME | Porreca |
| SIGNATURE | PORRECA Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bocconi University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2213-1437 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Murder in the Marketplace
Identifying the general equilibrium effects of narcotics enforcement
I analyze the demand side impacts of a supply-side intervention into the market for illegal drugs in what has been described as America’s largest open-air drug market. Beginning in 2018, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office and the Philadelphia Police Department engaged in an ambitious effort to shut down the drug market in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood. The intervention involved increased police presence in the targeted area along…
The right to counsel
We exploit a dataset of criminal trials in 19th century London to evaluate the impact of an accused's right to counsel on convictions. While lower‐level crimes had an established history of professional representation prior to 1836, individuals accused of committing a felony did not, despite the prosecution being conducted by professional attorneys. The Prisoners' Counsel Act 1836 remedied this and first introduced the right to counsel in common …
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The right to counsel
We exploit a dataset of criminal trials in 19th century London to evaluate the impact of an accused's right to counsel on convictions. While lower‐level crimes had an established history of professional representation prior to 1836, individuals accused of committing a felony did not, despite the prosecution being conducted by professional attorneys. The Prisoners' Counsel Act 1836 remedied this and first introduced the right to counsel in common …
Murder in the Marketplace
Identifying the general equilibrium effects of narcotics enforcement
I analyze the demand side impacts of a supply-side intervention into the market for illegal drugs in what has been described as America’s largest open-air drug market. Beginning in 2018, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office and the Philadelphia Police Department engaged in an ambitious effort to shut down the drug market in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood. The intervention involved increased police presence in the targeted area along…
Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Business (1 works) · Census (1 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (1 works) · Criminal case (1 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (1 works) · Criminal Law and Evidence (1 works) · Demand reduction (1 works) · Drug trafficking (1 works)