The Role of Economic Crisis and Social Spending in Explaining Crime in Russia

Ivaschenko, Oleksiy; Nivorozhkin, Anton; Nivorozhkin, Eugene

doi:10.2753/eee0012-8775500402

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“…he results of our study revealed that, after the crisis, fewer firms reported losses due to crime. This result is in line with previous research that reported a relationship between crime in retailers and economic conditions (Ivaschenko et al 2012). This finding is valid for most types of firms (i.e.…”

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“…In times of economic downturn, overall crime levels go up (Ivaschenko et al, 2012). One of the reasons for increase in crime levels is lower employment and income levels, especially for property crimes (Lin.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, shrinking tax revenue makes it difficult for governments to fulfill these needs. Additionally, to combat with the economic recession, governments might designate their resources on anti-crisis measures rather than measures to combat crime (Ivaschenko et al, 2012). Tonglet, 2002).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Overall crime levels escalate during economic downturns (Ivaschenko et al, 2012). We assess the role of firm characteristics, such as size, legal type, gender of owners and top managers, in influencing the level of crime during an economic crisis.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Global Economic Crisis And Retailers’ Security Concerns: The Trends

Balas¹,

Kaya²

2019

SEC

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This paper examines how the 2008-2009 global economic crisis affected retailers' spending on security and their losses due to theft, burglary, vandalism or arson. The main purpose of the research is to examine whether retailers were successful in allocating their funds to deal with security issues during and after an economic crisis. We investigate the role of firm characteristics, such as size, legal type, gender of owners and top managers, in influencing the level of perceived crime and security spending. Previous literature indicates that shrinkage due to theft, burglary, vandalism or arson is a threat to retailers. Loss due to theft, burglary, vandalism or arson increases in times of economic downturn as overall crime levels go up. We empirically examined the scientific problem, which is relevant to the profitability of retailers, by conducting Wilcoxon tests on data collected from twenty-nine Eastern European and Central Asian countries in 2008 and 2013. The focus of the study was Eastern European and Central Asian countries because Eastern European and Central Asian country governments have less resources to spend on combating crime compared to the developed countries and the impact of global crisis on theft, robbery, vandalism, or arson experienced by retailers might be more accentuated. Our empirical analysis indicated that fewer retailers paid for security after the crisis, and the retailers that paid for security spent less money on security. This is especially true for smaller firms, firms that are not part of a larger firm, sole proprietorships, and firms with no female owner. Fewer shareholding firms spent money on security post-crisis. Fewer retailers with male top managers spent money on security, but the ones that spent money, spent more post-crisis. Fewer retailers experienced losses due to crime post-crisis when compared to the pre-crisis period (except for partnerships, firms with five-to-nineteen employees, and firms with more than ninety-nine employees). Finally, retailers saw crime as less of an obstacle to their operation during the post-crisis period when compared to the pre-crisis period. This research has implications to the policymakers and retail managers by providing them the trends in crime and security spending for different retailer groups.

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Kaya²

2019

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“…Although there is a positive effect of unemployment as of their paper, instrumental variables may also dampen the possible omitted variable bias. Ivaschenko, Nivorozhkin and Nivorozhkin (2012) claim that real income, unemployment and income inequality explain the crime rate best. Yoon and Joo (2005) state that unemployment increases the crime rates.…”

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Eği̇ti̇m Düzeyi̇ne Göre İşsi̇zli̇k, Fi̇yatlar Ve Suç İli̇şki̇si̇: Türki̇ye Üzeri̇ne Bi̇r Uygulama

Akdi¹,

Karamanoğlu²,

Şahin³

2014

Güvenlik Bilimleri Dergisi

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In this study, the events related to official crime that have taken place in Turkey between 2005:01 and 2011:12, in monthly frequency, are tried to be explained. The effects of Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Unemployment (UNE) disaggregated by level of education on to the number of crimes were discussed. It has been observed that there is no long-run relationship among the number of crimes, Consumer Price Index and total unemployment when they are considered together. However, we observe a bivariate cointegration between the number of crimes and the total unemployment. Then, the analysis was repeated with the total number of unemployed status arranged in eight different levels of education. It has been observed that the level of education is an important factor determining the number of committed crimes. In the study; the long-term relationship has been tested with Engle-Granger (1987) and Johansen cointegration methods. Another finding of the analysis is that the seasonality has significant effects on the results. For this reason, seasonal dummies were added as exogenously to the models.

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The lasting effects of natural disasters on property crime: Evidence from the 2010 Chilean earthquake

Hombrados

2020

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

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The Role of Economic Crisis and Social Spending in Explaining Crime in Russia

Cited by 13 publications

References 30 publications

The Global Economic Crisis And Retailers’ Security Concerns: The Trends

The Global Economic Crisis And Retailers’ Security Concerns: The Trends

Eği̇ti̇m Düzeyi̇ne Göre İşsi̇zli̇k, Fi̇yatlar Ve Suç İli̇şki̇si̇: Türki̇ye Üzeri̇ne Bi̇r Uygulama

The lasting effects of natural disasters on property crime: Evidence from the 2010 Chilean earthquake

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