What accounts for the decline in crime?

International Economic Review

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 707-729

  Imrohoroǧlu, Ayse ^b   Merlo, Antonio ^a   Rupert, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 4544238469     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-6598.2004.00284.x     Document Type: Review

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