Crime under-reporting in Bogotá: a spatial panel model with fixed effects

Luis Chanci (), Subal Kumbhakar and Luis Sandoval ()
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Luis Chanci: Universidad Santo Tomás
Luis Sandoval: Universidad Militar Nueva Granada

Empirical Economics, 2024, vol. 66, issue 5, No 8, 2105-2136

Abstract: Abstract We examine spatial spillovers in violent crime and its under-reporting in Bogotá, Colombia, using a cuadrante (quadrant) level data. To model spatial spillovers, we use a spatial panel model with fixed effects, and to address under-reporting, we use the stochastic frontier approach as a tool. The novel statistical approach is combined with a database of police-reported crimes in Bogotá to examine how influential surrounding areas with high criminal offenses are on crime (under)reporting. The results suggest that spatial correlations are highly significant and that under-reporting is mainly related to interactions with other localities, which have important public policy implications.

Keywords: Bogotá (Colombia); Crime; Under-reporting; Spillovers; Spatial model; Stochastic frontier (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 C33 K42 O17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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