More inequality, more crime? A panel cointegration analysis for the United States

Pandej Chintrakarn and Dierk Herzer

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 116, issue 3, 389-391

Abstract: This study employs state-level panel data to examine the effect of income inequality on crime in the United States. Using panel cointegration techniques, we find a significant negative effect of inequality on crime.

Keywords: Inequality; Crime; Panel cointegration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 K42 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.04.014

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