Does Regulation of Built-in Security Reduce Crime? Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Economic Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 552, 2011, Pages 485-504

  Vollaard, Ben ^a   van Ours, Jan C ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SECURITY;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 79955891732     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2011.02429.x     Document Type: Article

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