Violent crime in the United States of America: A time-series analysis between 1960-2000

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-221

  Saridakis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cointegration analysis; dynamic OLS; rationality; socio economic and demographic determinants; violent crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 6344247652     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EJLE.0000045082.09601.b2     Document Type: Article

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