Violent crime, entrepreneurship, and cities

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 135-149

  Rosenthal, Stuart S ^a   Ross, Amanda ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cities; Crime; Entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449687879     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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