Explaining the recent decline in domestic violence

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 158-172

  Farmer, Amy ^a   Tiefenthaler, Jill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

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EID: 0037660489     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cep/byg002     Document Type: Article

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