{
  "id": 17357478,
  "title": "The pass-through of retail crime",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/the-pass-through-of-retail-crime",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-31T06:44:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Marginal Revolution",
    "slug": "marginal-revolution",
    "url": "https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/10/the-pass-through-of-retail-crime.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "This paper shows retailers increase prices in response to organized retail crime. We match store-level crime data to scanner data from the universe of transactions for cannabis retailers in Washington state. Using quasi-experimental variation from robberies and burglaries, we find a 1.7–1.8 percent price increase at victimized stores and nearby competitors. This rise is not […] The post The…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}