Aviation Security and Terrorism: A Review of the Economic Issues

Aviation Security Management: Volumes (1-3)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages V2-1-V2-24

  Coughlin, Cletus C ^a   Cohen, Jeffrey P ^b   Khan, Sarosh R ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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