Date of Award
Summer 8-5-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Economics
First Advisor
Howard Chernick
Second Advisor
Matthew Baker
Academic Program Adviser
Karna Basu
Abstract
Panel data covering the largest U.S. cities from 1985-2010 is used to reevaluate the endogeneity issue between policing and crime rates. Crime rates are not found to be a strong predictor of police spending, indicating that reverse causality is not as severe an issue as frequently thought. Increases in police spending result in modest decreases in certain index crimes.
Recommended Citation
Padrick, Daniel, "Police Spending and Crime Rates: Evidence from U.S. Cities, 1985 – 2010" (2021). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/773