Crime, inequality, and unemployment

American Economic Review

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1764-1777

  Burdett, Kenneth ^a   Lagos, Ricardo ^b   Wright, Randall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2942700263     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282803322655536     Document Type: Article

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