Men in transit and prostitution: Using political conventions as a natural experiment

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Cunningham, Scott ^a   Kendall, Todd D ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Compass Lexecon ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

difference in difference; migration; natural experiment; prostitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959934672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2735     Document Type: Article

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