An economic analysis of a drug-selling gang's finances

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 755-789

  Levitt, Steven D ^a   Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040362711     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355300554908     Document Type: Article

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