Economic Growth and Crime against Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Developing Economies
Several studies have explored the relationship between economy-level crime rates or individual-level crime and economic growth. However, few studies have examined the relationship between economic growth and crime against firms. This study uses dat...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/02/18906474/economic-growth-crime-against-small-medium-sized-enterprises-developing-economies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17306 |
| Summary: | Several studies have explored the
relationship between economy-level crime rates or
individual-level crime and economic growth. However, few
studies have examined the relationship between economic
growth and crime against firms. This study uses data for
about 12,000 firms in 27 developing countries and finds that
economic growth is negatively associated with crime. This
relationship is stronger for small and medium firms than
large firms. The study also explores several economy-wide
factors and their influence on the growth-crime relationship
for small and medium enterprises. The results are robust to
various sensitivity checks. |
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