On Theory, Models, Model-Testing, and Estimation

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 409-422

  Greenberg, David F ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation bias; Cointegration; Crime rates; Nonstationarity; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035729493     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012545922295     Document Type: Article

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