This paper analyses the repercussions of the high level of criminal violence in Latin America on the economy of the … countries of the region. The theoretical reflections are accompanied by an empirical study using panel data made up of sixteen … violence has had a significant negative effect on investment and economic growth. …

violence has had a significant negative effect on investment and economic growth. -- violence ; crime ; growth ; Latin America …This paper analyses the repercussions of the high level of criminal violence in Latin America on the economy of the … countries of the region. The theoretical reflections are accompanied by an empirical study using panel data made up of sixteen …

panel data across all 26 states from 1995 to 2011, we find evidence of a correlation between dispersion of violence and GDP … Brazil's violence is changing. Recent analyses highlight a trend of dispersion of violence such that homicide rates in urban … violence and economic activity, and also generates a proxy to measure the geographic concentration of police forces. Using …

Individual “control frauds” cause greater losses than all other property crime combined. They are financial super … recent crises: the deregulation of the savings & loan (S&L) industry produced the S&L debacle, “shock therapy” caused Russian …

's physical and human capital. In this paper, we review the literature on guerrilla violence (FARC, ELN and AUC) and economic … mayor papers on the subject and construct an index of violence related to each group at department level between 1988 …

Crime is a major impediment to economic growth and development in Nigeria despite measures taken to reduce it. There is …, however, currently no major statistical analysis of how crime affects economic growth in that country. This study examines the … link between crime and growth based on the theory of rational choice and empirical data. Exogenous and endogenous growth …

carrying out own empirical investigation on the basis of international panel data sets from different levels of regional … aggregation. Our empirical results with respect to the causes of crime clearly reveal the crime reducing potential of family … cohesion and the link between crime and the labour market. Furthermore, we find that higher wealth is associated with higher …

carrying out own empirical investigation on the basis of international panel data sets from different levels of regional … aggregation. Our empirical results with respect to the causes of crime clearly reveal the crime reducing potential of family … cohesion and the link between crime and the labour market. Furthermore, we find that higher wealth is associated with higher …