The Impact of Foreclosures on Neighborhood Disorder Before and During the Housing Crisis: Testing the Spiral of Decay

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 625-647

  Wallace, Danielle ^a   Hedberg, E C ^b   Katz, Charles M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84864848533     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2012.00886.x     Document Type: Article

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