Using terror alert levels to estimate the effect of police on crime

Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 267-279

  Klick, Jonathan ^a   Tabarrok, Alexander ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 20744449946     PISSN: 00222186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426877     Document Type: Article

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