An Assessment of How Urban Crime and Victimization Affects Life Satisfaction

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
640
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
I32, K40, K42
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy
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