Plausibly Exogenous [672] - Police Infrastructure (11/21/2021)
LHS Variable
Occurrences of crime
RHS Variable
Local police presence
Source of Exogenous Variation
A large wave of austerity cuts to police forces in London, which resulted in the closure of 70% of police stations and led to a major reshuffling of police workforce from closed to surviving stations
- Facchetti (2021), “Police Infrastructure, Police Performance and Crime: Evidence from Austerity Cuts”