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Crime and growth convergence: Evidence from Mexico

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  • Enamorado, Ted
  • López-Calva, Luis F.
  • Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos

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Scholars have often argued that crime hinders growth, but the empirical literature assessing such an effect is scarce. By exploiting cross-municipal income and crime data for Mexico, in this study we find evidence indicating that drug-related crime indeed deters growth.

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  • Enamorado, Ted & López-Calva, Luis F. & Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos, 2014. "Crime and growth convergence: Evidence from Mexico," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 125(1), pages 9-13.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:125:y:2014:i:1:p:9-13
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.07.033
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    Keywords

    Crime; Drug-related crimes; Convergence; Growth; Spatial inequality;
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    JEL classification:

    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • H70 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - General
    • D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions

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