A new Look at racial profiling: Evidence from the Boston Police Department

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 163-177

  Antonovics, Kate ^a   Knight, Brian G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 69949177925     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.91.1.163     Document Type: Article

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