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Inequality, Crime, and the Long Run Legacy of Slavery
(CAF, 2016-12-25)
This paper investigates the relationship between economic inequality and crime in Colombian municipalities. Following recent scholarly research that suggests that the legacy of slavery is largely manifest in persistent ...
Economic Shocks and Crime: Evidence from the Crash of Ponzi Schemes
(CAF, 2016-03-14)
In November 2008, Colombian authorities dismantled a network of Ponzi schemes, making hundreds of thousands of investors lose tens of millions of dollars throughout the country. Using original data on the geographical ...