Lighting and violent crimes: evaluating the effect of an electrification policy in rural Brazil on violent crime reduction
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2016-02-23 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-DEV-2016-02-23 (Development)
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