The effect of reporting errors on the cross-country relationship between inequality and crime

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-254

  Gibson, John ^a   Kim, Bonggeun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Crime; Inequality; Measurement error; Victimization surveys

Indexed keywords

CRIME; ECONOMETRICS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MASS MEDIA;

EID: 48049105065     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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