School shootings and private school enrollment

Economics Letters

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 297-299

  Abouk, Rahi ^a   Adams, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Media effects; School enrollment; School shooting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870933482     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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