A spatial panel data analysis of crime rates in EU

Jørgen Lauridsen, Fatma Zeren () and Ayse Ari ()
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Fatma Zeren: Department of Econometrics, Postal: Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
Ayse Ari: Department of Economics, Postal: Faculty of Economics, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

No 2/2013, Discussion Papers on Economics from University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics

Abstract: The study investigates selected factors affecting crime rates in the EU-15 countries during the years 2000 to 2007 with an especial focus on inflation rate, level of education, income and employment. While these topics have been investigated in former studies, the present study adds by introducing spatial panel data methods to the case. Regarding the effects of these factors, the present study obtains results comparable to those from former studies, whereby the robustness of these are confirmed.

Keywords: Determinants of crime rates; cost-benefit analysis of crime; EU countries; spatial panel data analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A12 C50 K40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2013-01-10
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