Alcohol availability and crime: A robust approach

Applied Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1293-1307

  Gyimah Brempong, Kwabena ^a   Racine, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 33745299995     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500398869     Document Type: Article

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