TY - JOUR
T1 - Pollution or crime
T2 - The effect of driving restrictions on criminal activity
AU - Carrillo, Paul E.
AU - Lopez-Luzuriaga, Andrea
AU - Malik, Arun S.
PY - 2018/8
Y1 - 2018/8
N2 - Driving restriction programs have been implemented in many cities around the world to alleviate pollution and congestion problems. Enforcement of such programs is costly and can potentially displace policing resources used for crime prevention and crime detection. Hence, driving restrictions may increase crime. To test this hypothesis, we exploit both temporal and spatial variation in the implementation of Quito, Ecuador's Pico y Placa program, and evaluate its effect on crime. Both difference-in-differences and spatial regression discontinuity estimates provide credible evidence that driving restrictions have increased crime rates.
AB - Driving restriction programs have been implemented in many cities around the world to alleviate pollution and congestion problems. Enforcement of such programs is costly and can potentially displace policing resources used for crime prevention and crime detection. Hence, driving restrictions may increase crime. To test this hypothesis, we exploit both temporal and spatial variation in the implementation of Quito, Ecuador's Pico y Placa program, and evaluate its effect on crime. Both difference-in-differences and spatial regression discontinuity estimates provide credible evidence that driving restrictions have increased crime rates.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.05.007
DO - 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.05.007
M3 - Research Article
AN - SCOPUS:85048020400
SN - 0047-2727
VL - 164
SP - 50
EP - 69
JO - Journal of Public Economics
JF - Journal of Public Economics
ER -