Plausibly Exogenous [964] - Sports and Crime (09/19/2022)
LHS Variable
Crime
RHS Variable
Sporting events
Source of Exogenous Variation
The arrival and departure of sports teams in cities through franchise relocation or league expansion, and Major League Baseball (MLB) playoff games as a source of variation in the number of games played in each city
- Pyun, Humphreys, and Khalil (2022), “Professional Sports Events and Public Spending: Evidence from Municipal Police Budgets”