Macroeconomic Determinants of Crime: Evidence from Scandinavia
| Author: | Bc. Michaela Hocková |
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| Year: | 2022 - summer |
| Leaders: | Mgr. Roman Kalabiška |
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| Work type: | Bachelors |
| Language: | English |
| Pages: | 77 |
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| Link: | https://dspace.cuni.cz/handle/20.500.11956/173636 |
| Abstract: | This thesis examines how various macroeconomic and demographic indicators infuence criminality in Scandinavian countries, taking into account existing literature on the determinants of crime in other regions. Using a combination of the vector error correction model and basic panel data techniques, several important fndings are extrapolated both on cross-country and regional levels. Unemployment, infation and divorces infuence the number of homicides and sexual crimes positively but property ofences negatively. Criminality in Scandinavia is also negatively related to average age and positively to population density. The importance of individual analyses for diferent global regions and crime types before the implementation of crime reduction policies is highlighted. |
