Benefit-Cost Analysis of Public Safety: Facing the Methodological Challenges
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2194-5888,2152-2812
DOI: 10.1017/bca.2017.28