Author: Cui, Lin
Title: Foreclosure, Vacancy and Crime
Summary: 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 increases by
Details: Pittsburg, PA: Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, 2010. 23p.
Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 4, 2011 at:
Year: 2010
Country: United States
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Shelf Number: 122974
Keywords:
Housing Foreclosures (U.S.)Neighborhoods and CrimeProperty CrimesUrban AreasVacant Properties |
