Pollution or Crime: The Effect of Driving Restrictions on Criminal Activity

Driving restriction programs have been implemented in many cities around the world to alleviate pollution and congestion problems. Enforcement of such programs is costly and can potentially displace policing resources used for crime prevention and crime detection. Hence, driving restrictions may increase crime. To test this hypothesis, this paper exploits both temporal and spatial variation in the implementation of Quito, Ecuador's Pico y Placa program and evaluates its effect on crime. Both difference-in-difference and spatial regression discontinuity estimates provide credible evidence that driving restrictions can increase crime rates.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Inter-American Development Bank
Other Authors:	Paul E. Carrillo
Format:	Working Papers biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Inter-American Development Bank
Subjects:	Crime Rate, Criminal Activity, Pollution Prevention, Road Traffic Control, Crime Prevention, Citizen Safety, Police Officer, C20 - Single Equation Models • Single Variables: General, Q52 - Pollution Control Adoption and Costs • Distributional Effects • Employment Effects, R28 - Government Policy, R48 - Government Pricing and Policy, pollution prevention;air pollution;policing resources;criminal activity,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011747 https://publications.iadb.org/en/pollution-or-crime-effect-driving-restrictions-criminal-activity
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