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The Economics of Crime: Climbing the Decision Tree
Author(s) -
Brower George
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.1989.tb01103.x
Subject(s) - george (robot) , argument (complex analysis) , climbing , decision tree , criminology , sociology , economics , operations research , law and economics , economic history , mathematical economics , management , engineering , computer science , history , art history , archaeology , artificial intelligence , chemistry , biochemistry
How is it possible to study crime as an economic problem? George Brower, of the University of Connecticut, shows how the original argument of Professor Gary Becker has been tested and developed.