Crime reporting as a measure of institutional development

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 851-871

  Soares, Rodrigo R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Ibmec   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDEX METHOD; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 4644245160     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/420900     Document Type: Article

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