Crime and property values: Evidence from the 1990s crime drop

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 177-188

  Pope, Devin G ^a   Pope, Jaren C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Property values

Indexed keywords

CRIME; CROSS SECTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GRAPHICAL METHOD; METROPOLITAN AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053379751     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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