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Crime in the era of COVID‐19: Evidence from England (2023)
Journal Article
Neanidis, K. C., & Rana, M. P. (in press). Crime in the era of COVID‐19: Evidence from England. Journal of Regional Science, https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12656

AbstractThis paper examines the effects of COVID‐19‐induced lockdowns on recorded crime in England. The enforcement of lockdowns at both the national and local levels allows unveiling the impact on criminal activities by type of shutdown policy. Usin... Read More about Crime in the era of COVID‐19: Evidence from England.

A theory of organized crime, corruption and economic growth (2017)
Journal Article
Rana, M., Blackbourn, K., & Neanidis, K. (2017). A theory of organized crime, corruption and economic growth. Economic Theory Bulletin, 5(2), 227-245. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40505-017-0116-5

We develop a framework for studying the interactions between organized crime and corruption, together with the individual and combined effects of these phenomena on economic growth. Criminal organizations co-exist with law-abiding productive agents a... Read More about A theory of organized crime, corruption and economic growth.

An empirical analysis of organized crime, corruption and economic growth (2017)
Journal Article
Rana, M., Neanidis, K., & Blackbourn, K. (2017). An empirical analysis of organized crime, corruption and economic growth. Annals of Finance, 13(3), 273-298. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10436-017-0299-7

In a companion study, Blackburn et al. (Econ Theory Bull, 2017), we have developed a theoretical framework for studying interactions between organized crime and corruption, with the view of examining the combined effects of these phenomena on economi... Read More about An empirical analysis of organized crime, corruption and economic growth.