Panic on the streets of London: Police, crime, and the july 2005 terror attacks

American Economic Review

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2157-2181

  Draca, Mirko ^a   Machin, Stephen ^a,b   Witt, Robert ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84860421562     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.101.5.2157     Document Type: Article

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