Income variables and the measures of gains from crime

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 112-119

  Chisholm, John ^a   Choe, Chongwoo ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; ECONOMICS; INCOME; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 14644397935     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpi005     Document Type: Article

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