Passenger profiling, imperfect screening, and airport security

American Economic Review

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-131

  Persico, Nicola ^a   Todd, Petra E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 33747405566     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282805774670031     Document Type: Article

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