Rail Transit and Neighborhood Crime: The Case of Atlanta, Georgia

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 273-294

  Ihlanfeldt, Keith R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0242287380     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3648969     Document Type: Article

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