ANALYSIS OF CRIME RATE DETERMINANTS IN THE SUBREGIONS OF POLAND
The aim of this article is to examine relationships between crime rate and socio – economic, demographic and environmental factors in the subregions of Poland. There was used Ward’s method to reduce number of factors and make a choice of explanatory variables used in econometric models. There were c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Gdansk
2015-09-01
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| Series: | Contemporary Economy |
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| Online Access: | http://www.wspolczesnagospodarka.pl/?p=1009 |
| Summary: | The aim of this article is to examine relationships between crime rate and socio – economic, demographic and environmental factors in the subregions of Poland. There was used Ward’s method to reduce number of factors and make a choice of explanatory variables used in econometric models. There were compared results of different methods of choice explanatory variables. The worst fitted to empirical data was model where ex-planatory variables were chosen using gravity center method. |
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| ISSN: | 2082-677X 2082-677X |