Incarceration and incapacitation: Evidence from the 2006 Italian collective pardon

American Economic Review

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2437-2465

  Buonanno, Paolo ^a   Raphael, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84886011869     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.6.2437     Document Type: Article

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