Do public libraries help mitigate crime? Evidence from Kansas City, MO
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- Borges Ferreira Neto, Amir & Nowicki, Jennifer & Shakya, Shishir, 2021. "Do Public Libraries Help Mitigate Crime? Evidence from Kansas City, MO," MPRA Paper 111073, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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Crime; Public library; Geolocation; Cultural institutions; Kansas city;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
- Z19 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Other
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