TY - JOUR PY - 2017// TI - Crime and regional economic growth in Mexico: a spatial perspective JO - Papers in regional science A1 - Torres-Preciado, Víctor Hugo A1 - Polanco-Gaytán, Mayrén A1 - Tinoco-Zermeño, Miguel A. SP - 477 EP - 494 VL - 96 IS - 3 N2 - The aim of this paper is to examine the effects of crime on regional economic growth in Mexico. We estimate a growth model using a spatial panel data model and test for the presence and type of spatial interaction, as proposed by Elhorst. Our results suggest that a two-way spatial Durbin model best fits the data, crime exerts a negative total effect on economic growth across Mexican states, particularly homicides and robbery, and significant spillover effects seem to reinforce the negative impact on regional growth.

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LA - en SN - 1056-8190 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pirs.12205 ID - ref1 ER -