The Los Angeles Riot and the Economics of Urban Unrest

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-78

  DiPasquale, Denise ^a   Glaeser, Edward L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0039994068     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/juec.1996.2035     Document Type: Article

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