RT Article
T1 Does tourism boost criminal activity?: evidence from a top touristic country
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 62
IS 12
SP 1597
OP 1623
A1 Montolio, Daniel
A2 Planells-Struse, Simón
LA English
YR 2016
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1577036336
AB The growth in the number of tourist arrivals in Spain in recent years has had significant economic repercussions; yet, little has been reported about its negative impact. This study goes some way to rectifying this by estimating the impact of tourist activity on crime rates in the Spanish provinces during the period 2000-2008. We use both 2-SLS and GMM techniques in a panel data framework to overcome the various challenges posed by estimating this relationship, namely, controlling for the unobserved characteristics of the provinces, and accounting for both the possible endogeneity of the tourist variable and the inertia of criminal activities. The results show that tourist arrivals have a positive and significant impact on crimes against both property and the person.
K1 Crime
K1 Tourism
K1 Seasonality
K1 Routine activity theory
K1 Tourismus
K1 Verbrechen
K1 Routine-Aktivitäts-Ansatz
K1 Verbrechensrate
K1 Kriminalitätsanstieg
DO 10.1177/0011128713505489