Not in My Backyard? Not So Fast. The Effect of Marijuana Legalization on Neighborhood Crime
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legalization; drugs; crime; policy evaluation;JEL classification:
- H73 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Interjurisdictional Differentials and Their Effects
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- R50 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAW-2017-07-30 (Law & Economics)
- NEP-URE-2017-07-30 (Urban & Real Estate Economics)
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