Economics of crime

Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 205-279

  Eide, Erling ^a   Rubin, Paul E ^b   Shepherd, Joanna M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

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EID: 70349843917     PISSN: 15479846     EISSN: 15479854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0700000014     Document Type: Review

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