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Crime and the economy in Mexican states : heterogeneous panel estimates (1993-2012) /
This paper studies the transmission of crime shocks to the economy in a sample of 32 Mexican states over the period from 1993 to 2012. The paper uses a panel structural VAR approach which accounts for the heterogeneity of the dynamic state level responses in GDP, FDI and international migration flow...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Washington, D.C.] :
International Monetary Fund,
©2015.
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| Colección: | IMF working paper ;
WP/15/121. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Abstract; Contents; Executive Summary; I. Introduction; Figures; Figure 1. Select Countries: Intentional Homicide Rates (per 100,000 inhabitants); Figure 2. Mexico: Real GDP Growth vs. Homicide Rates; II. Related Literature on the Relationship Between Crime and Other Economic Activity; III. Estimation and Identification Strategy; A. Overview of the Methodology; B. Overview of the Identification Strategy; Figure 3. SVAR Identification Scheme; IV. Data Sources; A. Real GDP for the Period During 1993 to 2012; B. Measures of Crime; Intentional Homicides; Other Measures.
- Figure 4. Mexico: Comparative Homicide Rates from Different SourcesFigure 5. Mexico Homicide Rates vs. Incidence of Crime; C. Migration; D. Foreign Direct Investment; E. State-Specific Characteristics; V. Results of the Empirical Analysis; Figure 6. State Level Response of GDP to Idiosyncratic Crime Shocks; Figure 7. State Level Quantiles Response to Idiosyncratic Shocks; VI. Summary and Conclusions; Figure 8. Mexico: Response Patterns; VII. References; VIII. Technical Appendix for the Chain Linking of Two Real GDP Series in Different Base Years.
- Figure 9. Approaches for Linking Real GDP Series for Mexican StatesTables; Table 1. GDP Sectors for Years 1993 and 2008; Figure 10. State Level Quantiles Impulse Responses to Idiosyncratic and Common Shocks; Figure 11. State Level Quantiles Variance Decomposition of Idiosyncratic and Common Shocks; Table 2. Names of Mexican States; Table 3. Data Sources.