I review recent developments in the economic analysis of crime, focusing in particular on organized crime and corruption. I first discuss the main challenges to the empirical identification of causal relationships—namely, measurement error due to endogenous reporting of crime and the fact that randomized controlled trials are rarely an option when studying crime. I then discuss recent advancements made possible by the combination of detailed micro data and quasi-experimental methods.

中文翻译：

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犯罪实证分析中的诚信革命

我回顾了犯罪经济分析的最新发展，特别是有组织犯罪和腐败。我首先讨论对因果关系进行实证检验的主要挑战，即因犯罪的内生性报道而导致的计量误差，以及在研究犯罪时很少进行随机对照试验的事实。然后，我将讨论详细的微观数据和准实验方法相结合所带来的最新进展。