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Can financial innovation and industrial structure upgrading reduce regional criminal activity levels?

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  • Huang, Huasheng
  • Xu, Xiaoli
  • Du, Shilin

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Using data from 31 provinces in China from 2010 to 2022, this study examines the impact of financial innovation and industrial structure upgrading on regional criminal crime levels. Empirical findings demonstrate that financial innovation can diminish regional crime rates, and industrial structure upgrading can similarly reduce regional crime levels. Moreover, industrial structure upgrading mediates the relationship between financial innovation and regional crime levels. The influence of financial innovation on criminal activity levels differs across different regions. Finally, a threshold effect of economic development level exists on the impact of financial innovation on regional crime levels.

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  • Huang, Huasheng & Xu, Xiaoli & Du, Shilin, 2025. "Can financial innovation and industrial structure upgrading reduce regional criminal activity levels?," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 75(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:75:y:2025:i:c:s1544612325001278
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2025.106862
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