The impact of right-to-carry laws and the nrc report: Lessons for the empirical evaluation of law and policy

American Law and Economics Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 565-631

  Aneja, Abhay ^a   Donohue, John J ^a   Zhang, Alexandria ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80755168422     PISSN: 14657252     EISSN: 14657260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aler/ahr009     Document Type: Article

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