Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Paolo Pinotti
Title:The credibility revolution in the empirical analysis of crime
Abstract: I review recent developments in the economic analysis of crime, focusing in particular on organized crime and corruption. I  first discuss the main challenges to the empirical identification of causal relationships - namely, measurement error due to endogenous reporting of crime and the fact that randomized controlled trials are rarely an option when studying crime. I then discuss recent advancements made possible by the combination of detailed micro-data and quasi-experimental methods.
Classification-JEL: K42
Keywords:economics of crime, measurement error, identification, quasi-experiments
Length: 18
Number: 20144
Creation-Date: 2020
File-URL: https://repec.unibocconi.it/baffic/baf/papers/cbafwp20144.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 537
Handle: RePEc:baf:cbafwp:cbafwp20144