Taua Vital Federal University of Juiz de Fora   Rua Nair Furtado de Souza 381/402 Juiz de Fora, MG 36033-190 Brazil   taua.magalhaes@economia.ufjf.br     Biographical Sketch: Tauã Vital is currently a third year PhD candidate in Economics at Federal University of Juiz de Fora. He holds a B.A. in civil engineering (2015) and an M.Sc. in Applied Economics (2018), both from Federal University of Juiz de Fora. He works with quantitative methods, spatial econometrics, statistical learning, artificial neural networks, and their many applications in economics. His research is mainly focused on crime in Brazil.       JEL Areas: R : Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics Z : Other Special Topics