Crime and unemployment: Evidence from Europe

International Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 145-157

  Altindag, Duha T ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Earthquakes; Europe; Industrial accidents; Instrumental variables; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859268420     PISSN: 01448188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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