Ryan, Matt E.; Leeson, Peter T. - In: International Review of Law and Economics 31 (2011) 4, pp. 256-262
This paper is the first to investigate the relationship between hate groups and hate crime empirically. We do so using … factors may drive hate crime in America unresolved. But they cast doubt on the popular perception that hate groups are among … panel data for the U.S. states between 2002 and 2008. Contrary to conventional wisdom, we find little evidence that hate …