Underground gun markets

Economic Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 524, 2007, Pages

  Cook, Philip J ^a,b,c,d   Ludwig, Jens ^a,b,c,d   Venkatesh, Sudhir ^a,b,c,d   Braga, Anthony A ^a,b,c,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MARKET;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36549017722     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02098.x     Document Type: Article

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