Drug Trafficking Organizations and Local Economic Activity in Mexico.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 26348041.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0137319 and PMC identifier 4562635.
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Abstract
Little is known about the relationship between illegal firms and local economic activity. In this paper I study changes in satellite night lights across Mexican municipalities after the arrival of large drug trafficking organizations in the period 2000-2010. After accounting for state trends and differences in political regimes, results indicate no significant change in night lights after the arrival of these illegal firms. Estimated coefficients are precise, robust, and similar across different drug trafficking organizations.
Medical subject headings
- Crime
- Developing Countries
- Drug Trafficking
- Emigration and Immigration