The Minimum Legal Drinking Age and Crime Victimization
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Aaron Chalfin1, Benjamin Hansen2 and Rachel Ryley3 1Department of Criminology, University Pennsylvania 2Department Economics, Oregon; NBER; IZA, E-Mail: bchansen{at}uoregon.edu. 3Department Business Economics Public Policy,
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Human Resources
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1548-8004', '0022-166X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.59.2.0720-11070r2