ECONOMIC CRISES AND CRIME : The Effects of the Great Recession on Swedish Crime Rates
This paper investigates the impact of the 2008's financial crisis on local crime rates in Sweden. I deploy a difference-in-differences approach that contrasts the changes in reported crimes between municipalities that are more or less crisis-exposed. The results show no significant effect on an...
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| Language: | English |
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Uppsala universitet, Nationalekonomiska institutionen
2021
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-448078 |