An evaluation of the Federal Legal Services Program: Evidence from crime rates and property values

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 92, Issue , 2016, Pages 76-90

  Cunningham, Jamein P ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Law firms; Lawyers; Poverty; Property values; Riots; War on poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955447271     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2015.11.008     Document Type: Article

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