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<journal-id>1870-6622</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[EconoQuantum]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[EconoQuantum]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-6622</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Guadalajara]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1870-66222015000200093</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Violence in Mexico: An economic rationale of crime and its impacts]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kato Vidal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Enrique Leonardo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro Facultad de Contaduría y Administración ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<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>12</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>93</fpage>
<lpage>108</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-66222015000200093&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-66222015000200093&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-66222015000200093&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Violence has been identified as an obstacle to economic growth in Mexico, and the purpose of this article is to 1) explain the high rate of homicide in Mexico and 2) estimate the impact of violence on the economy. An equation that is similar to Becker&#8217;s equation was defined, and it incorporates the benefits and costs of committing criminal activity; the estimates were performed with a dynamic panel of quarterly data from 32 federal entities. The study shows that a higher sentencing rate could inhibit the emergence of violence, whereas a higher rate of labor participation incentivizes additional criminal activity. In addition, it has been demonstrated that an increase in crime negatively impacts salaries as well as the rate of employers. Despite the strong inertia of violence, the homicide rate may be reduced if the sentencing rate is increased and economic growth is improved, which would reduce unemployment.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La violencia se identifica como un obstáculo para el crecimiento económico en México. Este artículo tiene un objetivo doble: 1) explicar la alta incidencia de homicidios y 2) estimar el impacto de la violencia sobre la economía. La ecuación utilizada a la Becker se compone de los beneficios y costos de optar por la actividad criminal. La estimación se realizó con un panel dinámico con datos trimestrales de las 32 entidades federativas. Se halló que una mayor tasa de sentencias podría inhibir el surgimiento de la violencia, en cambio una mayor tasa de participación laboral incentiva mayor incidencia delictiva. También se encontró que un aumento del crimen incide negativamente sobre el salario y la tasa de empleadores. A pesar de la fuerte inercia de la violencia es posible reducir la tasa de homicidios si se logra incrementar la tasa de sentencias y un crecimiento económico que permita reducir el desempleo.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Economics of Crime]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Deterrence]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mexico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Economía del crimen]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Disuasión]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[México]]></kwd>
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