Crime as an Environmental Externality of Tourism: Miami, Florida

Stronge, William B.; McPheters, Lee R.

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“…McPheters and Strange (1974) found a seasonal relationship between tourism and crime, with property related offenses rising during the peak tourist season. Jud (1975) in his study of 32 states in Mexico found fraud, larceny, and robbery rates were higher in tourism areas than elsewhere.…”

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Tourism and crime in the Caribbean

Albuquerque

McElroy

1999

Annals of Tourism Research

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Tourism and crime in the Caribbean

Albuquerque

McElroy

1999

Annals of Tourism Research

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“…In particular, Howsen and Jarrell (1990), McPheters and Stronge, (1974) and Harper (2001) find that tourism has a positive impact on the crimes of burglary, larceny and robbery and no impact on crimes against the person (murder, rape and assault).…”

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Mega Events in Sports and Crime

Campaniello

2011

Journal of Sports Economics

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Despite an increasing desire to host major sport events there is almost no research that tries to identify and measure the possible negative spillovers they generate. In particular, there is limited understanding about crime responses. This paper investigates the causal relation between hosting the 1990 Football World Cup and crime rates at the province level. Using a fixed effect estimator to control for province level differences in crime, we find that hosting the Football World Cup leads to a significant increase in most property crimes (bagsnatching, pick-pocketing, shop-lifting and burglary), but only in one violent crime (intentional personal injuries).

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“…The overall effect remains, therefore, an empirical question. Representative studies of this approach include McPheters et al (1974) for the case of Miami, Jud (1975) for that of Mexico and Albanese (1985) for Atlanta. These studies find a positive and significant effect of tourist arrivals on property crimes; however, they report a low level of significance of the effect of tourism on crimes against the person.…”

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Does Tourism Boost Criminal Activity? Evidence from a Top Touristic Country

Montolio

Planells

2013

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The growth in the number of tourist arrivals in Spain in recent years has had significant economic repercussions; yet, little has been reported about its negative impact. This study goes some way to rectifying this by estimating the impact of tourist activity on crime rates in the Spanish provinces during the period 2000-2008. We use both 2-SLS and GMM techniques in a panel data framework to overcome the various challenges posed by estimating this relationship, namely, controlling for the unobserved characteristics of the provinces, and accounting for both the possible endogeneity of the tourist variable and the inertia of criminal activities. The results show that tourist arrivals have a positive and significant impact on crimes against both property and the person.JEL Codes: C23, H50, I2, J24, K24

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Crime as an Environmental Externality of Tourism: Miami, Florida

Cited by 74 publications

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Tourism and crime in the Caribbean

Tourism and crime in the Caribbean

Mega Events in Sports and Crime

Does Tourism Boost Criminal Activity? Evidence from a Top Touristic Country

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