What you don't see can't hurt you: An economic analysis of morality laws

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 583-594

  Curry, Philip A ^a   Mongrain, Steeve ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; GAMBLING; INCENTIVE; LEGISLATION; MORALITY; PROSTITUTION;

EID: 47749111378     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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