| ID | 156832 |
| Title Proper | Unexpected effects of criminal violence along the Mexico-texas border |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Genna, Gaspare M ; Gaspare M. Genna ; Trevino, Karen E |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The violence and insecurity that Mexico suffered during former President Calderon’s war on the Mexican drug cartels have come at a grave economic cost to many cities. The criminal violence had an impact on interdependent borderlands, which are geographic areas that have a symbiotic link between cities and communities of adjoining territories. Mexican business people and consumers that live in cities along the shared border with the United States have the ability to shift their economic transactions away from their insecure environments and to US border communities. In addition, US residents that would normally travel south for economic transactions would decide to avoid violent areas and therefore conduct business on the northern side. This research demonstrates that increased violence in Mexico produced a positive economic effect on the US side of the Mexico–Texas interdependent borderlands. Specifically, our time series analysis (2002–2014) shows that increased homicides, kidnappings and extortions in adjacent Mexican cities are strongly associated with higher gross total sales in the Texas communities while controlling for economic and demographic factors. We also found that the increases in the three crime categories were not associated with the arts, entertainment and recreation sector, nor the accommodation and food services sector performance. However, there was a positive relationship with the retail sales sector. |
| `In' analytical Note | Geopolitics Vol. 22, No.4; 2017: p.934-957 |
| Journal Source | Geopolitics Vol: 22 No 4 |
| Key Words | Criminal Violence ; Unexpected Effects ; Mexico-Texas Border |