Do foreclosures cause crime?

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-70

  Ellen, Ingrid Gould ^a,b   Lacoe, Johanna ^a,b   Sharygin, Claudia Ayanna ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Mortgage foreclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867835264     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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