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 …

This paper aims to investigate the long-run relationship between crime, inequality, unemployment and deterrence using … structures. The results show that: i) a simple crime model well fits the long run relationship; ii) income inequality and … unemployment have a positive impact on crime, whereas deterrence displays a negative sign; iii) the effect of income inequality on …

confidence index, and the Duke/CFO survey responses. We analyze the manner in which the three external measures reflect biases …