Financial accessibility and crime – Empirical study based on panel data from Chinese cities
Zifeng Wang,
Dezhu Ye,
Tao Liang
Abstract:PurposeThis paper empirically investigates the relationship between financial availability and crime by measuring it across five dimensions: banking, securities, insurance, private lending and digital inclusive finance.Design/methodology/approachThe study utilizes 2011–2017 data from prefecture-level cities as a representative sample. Moreover, these findings remain robust after addressing endogeneity through the use of the historical distance between cities and the railroad network as an instrumental variable… Show more
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