The minimum legal drinking age and crime

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 521-524

  Carpenter, Christopher ^a   Dobkin, Carlos ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84928549229     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00489     Document Type: Article

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