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Professor Robert Witt

Professor Robert Witt

Associate

Expertise: economics of sport, economics of crime

Telephone:
020 7955 6976
01483 686954
Email:
r.witt@lse.ac.uk
r.witt@surrey.ac.uk
Links:
CEP Community Wellbeing
University of Surrey

Biography

Professor of Economics, University of Surrey; Research Associate, Centre for Economic Performance

Professor Robert Witt's current areas of research are:

  • Economics of sport: Tournament incentives in professional sport; Dynamic contracts; Pay and race in Major League Soccer.
  • Economics of crime: The rise of online crime; Prices and metal-theft; Understanding use and impact of tasers.

Publications

Journal article
Prices, Policing and Policy: The Dynamics of Crime Booms and Busts

In many historical episodes, the extent of criminal activity has displayed booms and busts. One very clear example is the case of metal crime, where in the face of big increases in value driven by world commodity prices,... Read more...

Tom Kirchmaier, Stephen Machin, Matteo Sandi and Robert Witt

01 April 2020

CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance
Metal crime: the impact of prices, policing and policy

Metal prices are strong drivers of metal crime, according to research by Tom Kirchmaier and colleagues. Their study traces how, over the past ten years, big rises in commodity prices led to a boom in metal crime in the U... Read more...

Tom Kirchmaier, Stephen Machin, Matteo Sandi and Robert Witt

29 June 2018

CEP discussion papers
Prices, policing and policy: the dynamics of crime booms and busts

In many historical episodes, the extent of criminal activity has displayed booms and busts. One very clear example is the case of metal crime, where in the face of big increases in value driven by world commodity prices,... Read more...

Tom Kirchmaier, Stephen Machin, Matteo Sandi and Robert Witt

22 March 2018

Journal article
Panic on the streets of London: police, crime, and the July 2005 terror attacks

In this paper we study the causal impact of police on crime, looking at what happened to crime and police before and after the terror attacks that hit central London in July 2005. The attacks resulted in a large redeploy... Read more...

Mirko Draca, Stephen Machin and Robert Witt

01 August 2011

CEP discussion papers
Panic on the Streets of London: Police, Crime and the July 2005 Terror Attacks

In this paper we study the causal impact of police on crime by looking at what happened to crime before and after the terror attacks that hit central London in July 2005. The attacks resulted in a large redeployment of p... Read more...

Mirko Draca, Stephen Machin and Robert Witt

01 February 2008

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