TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Economic activity and crime in the long run: an empirical investigation on aggregate data from Italy, 1951-1994
JO  - International review of law and economics
A1  - Scorcu, Antonello E.
A1  - Cellini, Roberto
SP  - 279
EP  - 292
VL  - 18
IS  - 3
N2  - The paper analyzes the economic determinants of crime rates in Italy over the period 1951 to 1994. We show that cointegrating relationships connect the long-run equilibrium levels of crime rates to economic factors in the presence of endogenously determined structural breaks. The long-run pattern of homicides and robberies can be better explained by consumption, whereas thefts are better explained by unemployment.<p /> 
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SN  - 0144-8188
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0144-8188(98)00011-8
ID  - ref1
ER  -