A neighborhood-level view of riots, property values, and population loss: Cleveland 1950-1980

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 365-386

  Collins, William J ^a,b   Smith, Fred H ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil disturbance; Housing; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447101797     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: 10902457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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