Does crime affect economic decisions? An empirical investigation of savings in a high-crime environment

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  De Mello, Joao M ^a   Zilberman, Eduardo ^b  

^a PUC Rio   (Brazil)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Economic behavior; Savings

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149396677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.1878     Document Type: Article

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