What causes violent crime?

European Economic Review

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1323-1357

  Fajnzylber, Pablo ^a   Lederman, Daniel ^b   Loayza, Norman ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Cross country study; Determinants of crime rates; GMM

Indexed keywords

CRIME; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036300193     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(01)00096-4     Document Type: Article

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