The “São Paulo Mystery”: The role of the criminal organization PCC in reducing the homicide in 2000s
We move forward in identifying the causes of the marked and systematic reduction in the homicide rate in São Paulo state in the 2000s. Its main objective was that of investigating the role of the criminal organization PCC in this process. We constructed a first-difference fixed effects model with a...
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| author | Marcelo Justus Daniel Ricardo de Castro Cerqueira Tulio Kahn Gustavo Carvalho Moreira |
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| description | We move forward in identifying the causes of the marked and systematic reduction in the homicide rate in São Paulo state in the 2000s. Its main objective was that of investigating the role of the criminal organization PCC in this process. We constructed a first-difference fixed effects model with a spatial structure where we controlled for various socioeconomic and demographic measures and for the presence of firearms and law-enforcement, among other measures. Our results do not support the PCC hypothesis at the level of the state of São Paulo. JEL classification: K42, Keywords: Homicide, Criminal organization, Violence |
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| spelling | doaj.art-391555007d474abc957db907cbe47abb2022-12-22T02:14:46ZengEmerald PublishingEconomiA1517-75802018-05-01192201218The “São Paulo Mystery”: The role of the criminal organization PCC in reducing the homicide in 2000sMarcelo Justus0Daniel Ricardo de Castro Cerqueira1Tulio Kahn2Gustavo Carvalho Moreira3Institute of Economics at the University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil; Corresponding author.Institute for Applied Economic Research, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilIndependent researcherIndependent researcherWe move forward in identifying the causes of the marked and systematic reduction in the homicide rate in São Paulo state in the 2000s. Its main objective was that of investigating the role of the criminal organization PCC in this process. We constructed a first-difference fixed effects model with a spatial structure where we controlled for various socioeconomic and demographic measures and for the presence of firearms and law-enforcement, among other measures. Our results do not support the PCC hypothesis at the level of the state of São Paulo. JEL classification: K42, Keywords: Homicide, Criminal organization, Violencehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1517758017300796 |
| spellingShingle | Marcelo Justus Daniel Ricardo de Castro Cerqueira Tulio Kahn Gustavo Carvalho Moreira The “São Paulo Mystery”: The role of the criminal organization PCC in reducing the homicide in 2000s EconomiA |
| title | The “São Paulo Mystery”: The role of the criminal organization PCC in reducing the homicide in 2000s |
| title_full | The “São Paulo Mystery”: The role of the criminal organization PCC in reducing the homicide in 2000s |
| title_fullStr | The “São Paulo Mystery”: The role of the criminal organization PCC in reducing the homicide in 2000s |
| title_full_unstemmed | The “São Paulo Mystery”: The role of the criminal organization PCC in reducing the homicide in 2000s |
| title_short | The “São Paulo Mystery”: The role of the criminal organization PCC in reducing the homicide in 2000s |
| title_sort | sao paulo mystery the role of the criminal organization pcc in reducing the homicide in 2000s |
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