Ugly Criminals

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-30

  Mocan, Naci ^a   Tekin, Erdal ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77955000108     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.2009.11757     Document Type: Article

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