Foreclosure, vacancy and crime
Foreclosure, vacancy and crime
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jue.2015.01.001
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发表时间：
2015-05-01
影响因子：
6.3
通讯作者：
Walsh, Randall
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作者：
Cui, Lin;Walsh, Randall
本文探讨了住宅丧失抵押品赎回权和空置对暴力和财产犯罪的影响。为了克服混杂因素，对包含来自宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡的地理编码止赎和犯罪数据的独特数据集应用了双重差分研究设计。结果表明，虽然止赎本身对犯罪没有影响，但一旦止赎房屋空置，暴力犯罪率就会增加约 19%，这种影响随着空置时间的延长而增加。我们发现微弱的证据表明财产犯罪的潜在空缺效应的程度要低得多。 (c) 2015 Elsevier Inc. 保留所有权利。
This paper examines the impact of residential foreclosures and vacancies on violent and property crime. To overcome confounding factors, a difference-in-difference research design is applied to a unique data set containing geocoded foreclosure and crime data from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Results indicate that while foreclosure alone has no effect on crime, violent crime rates increase by roughly 19% once the foreclosed home becomes vacant - an effect that increases with length of vacancy. We find weak evidence suggesting a potential vacancy effect for property crime that is much lower in magnitude. (c) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.