Valuing the costs of violent crime: A stated preference approach

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 559-585

  Atkinson, Giles ^a   Healey, Andrew T ^a   Mourato, Susana ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST; ECONOMIC IMPACT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; POLICE FORCE; VIOLENCE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27644488772     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpi036     Document Type: Article

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