Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/146480 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IDB Working Paper Series No. IDB-WP-698
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
Driving restriction programs have been implemented in many cities around the world to alleviate pollution and congestion problems. Enforcement of such programs is costly and can potentially displace policing resources used for crime prevention and crime detection. Hence, driving restrictions may increase crime. To test this hypothesis, this paper exploits both temporal and spatial variation in the implementation of Quito, Ecuador's Pico y Placa program and evaluates its effect on crime. Both difference-in-difference and spatial regression discontinuity estimates provide credible evidence that driving restrictions can increase crime rates.
Subjects: 
Crime
Difference-in-Differences
Regression discontinuity
Crime displacement
JEL: 
C20
Q52
R28
R48
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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