Estimates of the impact of crime risk on property values from megan's laws

American Economic Review

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1103-1127

  Linden, Leigh ^a   Rockoff, Jonah E ^b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b Columbia Business School ^*  (United States)

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EID: 70449664125     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.3.1103     Document Type: Article

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