Racial profiling as a public policy question: Efficiency, equity, and ambiguity

American Economic Review

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 132-136

  Durlauf, Steven N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 33747403103     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282805774669646     Document Type: Article

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