Four factors that explain both the rise and fall of US crime, 1970-2003

Applied Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 2957-2973

  Shoesmith, Gary L ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; CRIME; ERROR CORRECTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MODELING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956330473     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840801964765     Document Type: Article

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