Addressing Endogeneity of Casino, Crime and Regional Economy: A Case of Las Vegas, Nevada
Journal: Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University)
Year: 2021

This paper presents an approach to investigate the statistical relationship among casino activities, crime rates and number of visitors in Las Vegas, NV. Numerous studies have attempted to answer the question whether casino gaming increases crime rates. Casino gaming is statistically correlated with more crimes when researchers use the reported crime rate, i.e., ratio of the number of crimes to local population. However, there is no statistical relationship between the two when researchers use t