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<journal-id>1870-3550</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Norteamérica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Norteamérica]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3550</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Investigaciones sobre América del Norte]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1870-35502015000200187</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Delincuencia y actividad económica en México]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Criminal and Economic Activity in Mexico]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Quiroz Félix]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Castillo Ponce]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ramón Amadeo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ocegueda Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Manuel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Varela Llamas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rogelio]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Estatal de Sonora Licenciatura en Comercio Internacional ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,California State University  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Los Ángeles ]]></addr-line>
<country>USA</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,UABC Facultad de Economía y Relaciones Internacionales ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,UABC Facultad de Economía y Relaciones Internacionales ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>10</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>187</fpage>
<lpage>209</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-35502015000200187&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-35502015000200187&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-35502015000200187&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: En este artículo se examina la relación entre actos violentos o delictivos y la actividad económica en México. El ejercicio se lleva a cabo dentro del marco de la econometría de series de tiempo. Por medio de la estimación de ecuaciones de cointegración y ciclo común se evalúa si las series comparten una tendencia y si responden de manera similar a choques transitorios. Los resultados indican que, en el largo plazo, la actividad económica cointegra, con tres medidas de inseguridad, homicidios, secuestros y robos. La relación que existe entre sí es negativa: incrementos en la delincuencia se asocian con disminuciones en la dinámica económica. Para el corto plazo, se encuentra evidencia de la existencia de un ciclo común entre la actividad económica y los robos, pero no así para los homicidios y secuestros.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: This article examines the relationship between acts of violence or criminal activity and economic activity in Mexico, using an econometric time series. With estimates of co-integration and common cycle equations, it assesses whether the series share a trend and if they respond similarly to transitory shocks. The results indicate that over the long term, economic activity co-integrates with three measures for insecurity: homicides, kidnappings, and robberies. The relationship among them is negative: hikes in criminal activity are associated with drops in the dynamism of the economy. For the short term, evidence exists of a common cycle between economic activity and robbery, but not for homicides and kidnappings.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Homicidios]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[secuestros]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[actividad económica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cointegración]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ciclo común]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Homicides]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[kidnappings]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[robberies]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[economic activity]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[co-integration]]></kwd>
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