Economic shocks and crime: evidence from the Brazilian trade liberalization
This paper studies the effect of changes in economic conditions on crime. We exploit the 1990s trade liberalization in Brazil as a natural experiment generating exogenous shocks to local economies. We document that regions exposed to larger tariff reductions experienced a temporary increase in crime...
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American Economic Association
2018
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