Theory, Operationalization, Identification, and the Interpretation of Different Differences in Time Series Models

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 359-375

  O'Brien, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Differencing; Operationalization; Time series; Unemployment and crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035731162     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012589704548     Document Type: Article

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