Fear of crime and housing prices: Household reactions to sex offender registries

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 601-614

  Pope, Jaren C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Hedonic; Information disclosure; Megan's Law; Property values

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349103291     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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