Trafficking networks and the Mexican drug war

American Economic Review

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1738-1779

  Dell, Melissa ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84937459926     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: 19447981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.20121637     Document Type: Review

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