Life is now! Time preferences and crime: Aggregate evidence from the Italian regions.

Highlights: [•] We test the relationship between time preferences and crime rates in Italian regions. [•] Aggregate time preferences are proxied considering four different variables. [•] We show that where people are more impatient, crimes are higher. [•] Results are robust to alternative specifications. [•] More crimes do not seem to affect aggregate time preferences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]