Keywords
Spatial Econometrics
Imoran
Spatial Autocorrelation
Economics and Violence.
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Abstract The aim of this research is to present the spatial correlation to determine the interaction and spatial and temporal dependence of criminal activities in the various departments of Bolivia. To achieve this goal variables are discussed such as; crimes against bodily integrity and health, homicide, mugging, theft, burglary or aggravated robbery, violations, rapes and indecent assault, trying to explain these crimes by economic reality, represented by the variables Gross Domestic Product and Per Capita GDP, social variables such as number of operations performed and amount of drugs seized and finally environmental variables such as temperature. Based on this information the analysis is performed using spatial econometric panel models to show the impact of the variables described in criminal activities and incremental levels.References
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