Mehlum, Halvor; Miguel, Edward; Torvik, Ragnar - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 2004
We estimate the impact of poverty on crime in 19th century Bavaria, Germany. Rainfall is used as an instrumental … effect on property crime: a one standard deviation increase in the rye price increased property crime by a moderate 8 percent … to significantly less violent crime, though, and we argue that higher beer prices (caused by higher rye prices) are a …