How crime affects economic performance: The case of Guatemala

Mario Ruiz Estrada and Ibrahim Ndoma

Journal of Policy Modeling, 2014, vol. 36, issue 5, 867-882

Abstract: The impact of crime on economic growth is obviously substantial, but measuring the degree of its effects on a country's economic performance is subject to a great deal of uncertainty. This paper primarily attempts to close this gap using the economics of crime monitoring model, a new economic instrument that could be used to evaluate the impact of crime on economic performance. Guatemala was used to illustrate the applicability of the model from where analyses provide a coherent evaluation of the degree to which crime can affect a country's economic performance.

Keywords: Crime; Economic performance; ECM-Model; Guatemala (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Y20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2014.09.002

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