GOMEZ-SORZANO, Gustavo Alejandro - In: Applied Econometrics and International Development 7 (2007) 1
I apply the Beveridge-Nelson business cycle decomposition method to the time series of murder in the United States (1900-2004). Separating out “permanent” from “cyclical” murder, I hypothesize that the cyclical part coincides with documented waves of organized crime, internal tensions,...