Pandej ChintrakarnDierk HerzerMahidol UniversityHelmut Schmidt University - University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg2018-06-112018-06-112012-09-01Economics Letters. Vol.116, No.3 (2012), 389-391016517652-s2.0-84860642436https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/14100This study employs state-level panel data to examine the effect of income inequality on crime in the United States. Using panel cointegration techniques, we find a significant negative effect of inequality on crime. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.Mahidol UniversityEconomics, Econometrics and FinanceArticleSCOPUS10.1016/j.econlet.2012.04.014