Publications

Published

2026

  1. The mortality burden from COVID in low-income settings: evidence from verbal autopsies in India
    Anup Malani
    BMC Public Health, 2026
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  2. An Economic Framework for Space Immigration
    Dorian S. Abbot and Anup Malani
    Space: Science & Technology, 2026
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  3. Access to credit reduces the value of insurance
    Sonia Jaffe, Anup Malani, and Julian Reif
    Journal of Public Economics, 2026
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2025

  1. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act—Making Medicaid and the Exchanges Sustainable
    Anup Malani
    JAMA, 2025
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  2. Revisiting the physical limits to economic growth, with a focus on the waste heat limit
    D. S. Abbot and A. Malani
    PLoS ONE, 2025
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  3. CaseSumm: A Large-Scale Dataset for Long-Context Summarization from U.S. Supreme Court Opinions
    M. Heddaya, K. MacMillan, A. Malani, and 2 more authors
    In NAACL Findings, 2025

2024

  1. A Hierarchical Bayesian Model for Estimating Age-Specific COVID-19 Infection Fatality Rates in Developing Countries
    S. Pugh, A. T. Levin, G. Meyerowitz-Katz, and 6 more authors
    Statistics in Medicine, 2024
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  2. Comparing population-level humoral and cellular immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in Bangalore, India
    A. Malani, J. Aiyar, A. Sant, and 6 more authors
    Scientific Reports, 2024
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  3. Contribution of infection and vaccination to population-level seroprevalence through two COVID waves in Tamil Nadu, India
    T. S. Selvavinayagam, A. Somasundaram, J. M. Selvam, and 17 more authors
    Scientific Reports, 2024
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  4. Legal Matters in Web 3: A Desk Reference
    A. Malani and M. T. Henderson
    2024
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2023

  1. Conceptual and analytical approaches for modelling the developmental origins of inequality
    A. Malani, E. A. Archie, and S. Rosenbaum
    Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2023
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  2. Cost effectiveness of fractional doses of COVID-19 vaccine boosters in India
    Z. Du, L. Wang, Y. Bai, and 6 more authors
    Med, 2023
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  3. A strategy for value-based drug pricing under the Inflation Reduction Act
    J. Shafrin, D. N. Lakdawalla, J. A. Doshi, and 6 more authors
    Health Affairs Forefront, 2023
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  4. Statistical inference and power analysis for direct and spillover effects in two-stage randomized experiments
    Z. Jiang, K. Imai, and A. Malani
    Biometrics, 2023
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  5. Lessons from Disease and Economic Surveillance during COVID in India
    A. Malani
    India Policy Forum, 2023
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  6. Lessons from the Covid War: An Investigative Report
    Covid Crisis Group
    2023
  7. The Role of Seroprevalence in Evidence for Policy-Making During COVID-19
    M. Mohanan, A. Malani, and A. Acharya
    In Flattening the Curve, 2023
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2022

  1. Assessing the burden of COVID-19 in developing countries: systematic review, meta-analysis and public policy implications
    A. T. Levin, N. Owusu-Boaitey, S. Pugh, and 15 more authors
    BMJ Global Health, 2022
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  2. Using household rosters from survey data to estimate all-cause excess death rates during the COVID pandemic in India
    A. Malani and S. Ramachandran
    Journal of Development Economics, 2022
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  3. Modeling comparative cost-effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine dose fractionation in India
    Z. Du, L. Wang, A. Pandey, and 8 more authors
    Nature Medicine, 2022
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  4. The Potential Beneficial Effects of Vaccination on Antigenically Evolving Pathogens
    F. T. Wen, A. Malani, and S. Cobey
    The American Naturalist, 2022
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  5. JUE insights: Does mobility explain why slums were hit harder by COVID-19 in Mumbai, India?
    J. Sheng, A. Malani, A. Goel, and 1 more author
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2022
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  6. Infrastructure, enforcement, and COVID-19 in Mumbai slums: A first look
    V. Tandel, S. Gandhi, S. Patranabis, and 2 more authors
    Journal of Regional Science, 2022
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  7. An examination of velocity and initial coin offerings
    R. Holden and A. Malani
    Management Science, 2022
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  8. The law and economics of blockchain
    R. Holden and A. Malani
    Annual Review of Law and Social Science, 2022
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  9. Compromising accuracy to encourage regulatory participation
    S. Baker and A. Malani
    Journal of Legal Studies, 2022
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2021

  1. Still in mortal peril? Recent research suggests a new agenda for health care reform
    A. Malani
    Journal of Legal Studies, 2021
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  2. Representative estimates of COVID-19 infection fatality rates from four locations in India: cross-sectional study
    R. Cai, P. Novosad, V. Tandel, and 2 more authors
    BMJ Open, 2021
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  3. Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Karnataka, India
    M. Mohanan, A. Malani, K. Krishnan, and 1 more author
    JAMA, 2021
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  4. Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in slums versus non-slums in Mumbai, India
    A. Malani, D. Shah, G. Kang, and 8 more authors
    The Lancet Global Health, 2021
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  5. Causal Inference With Interference and Noncompliance in Two-Stage Randomized Experiments
    K. Imai, Z. Jiang, and A. Malani
    Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2021
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  6. Can Blockchain Solve the Hold-Up Problem in Contracts?
    R. Holden and A. Malani
    2021
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2020

  1. Unintended Consequences of Products Liability: Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Market
    E. Helland, D. Lakdawalla, A. Malani, and 1 more author
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2020
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2019

  1. Labor markets in statistics: The subject supply effect in medical R&D
    A. Malani and T. J. Philipson
    Journal of Human Capital, 2019
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2017

  1. The insurance value of medical innovation
    D. Lakdawalla, A. Malani, and J. Reif
    Journal of Public Economics, 2017
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  2. Challenges to reducing discrimination and health inequity through existing civil rights laws
    A. Chandra, M. Frakes, and A. Malani
    Health Affairs, 2017
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  3. Civil Rights Laws: The Authors Reply
    A. Chandra, M. Frakes, and A. Malani
    Health Affairs, 2017
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  4. Making doctrinal work more rigorous: Lessons from systematic reviews
    W. Baude, A. S. Chilton, and A. Malani
    University of Chicago Law Review, 2017
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  5. A Call for Developing a Field of Positive Legal Methodology
    W. Baude, A. S. Chilton, and A. Malani
    University of Chicago Law Review, 2017
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2015

  1. Learning during a crisis: The SARS epidemic in Taiwan
    D. Bennett, C.-F. Chiang, and A. Malani
    Journal of Development Economics, 2015
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  2. Interpreting pre-trends as anticipation: Impact on estimated treatment effects from tort reform
    A. Malani and J. Reif
    Journal of Public Economics, 2015
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  3. The need for better evidence to evaluate the health and economic benefits of India’s Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana
    A. Nandi, E. P. Holtzman, A. Malani, and 1 more author
    Indian Journal of Medical Research, 2015
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  4. The Future of Healthcare Reform in the United States
    2015
  5. The Complex Relationship Between Health Care Reform and Innovation
    D. Lakdawalla, A. Malani, and J. Reif
    In The Future of Healthcare Reform in the United States, 2015

2014

  1. Incentives for reporting disease outbreaks
    R. Laxminarayan, J. Reif, and A. Malani
    PLoS ONE, 2014
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  2. Renegotiation design by contract
    R. Holden and A. Malani
    University of Chicago Law Review, 2014
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  3. Trial court budgets, the enforcer’s dilemma, and the rule of law
    S. Baker and A. Malani
    University of Illinois Law Review, 2014
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2013

  1. Economic Epidemiology of Avian Influenza on Smallholder Poultry Farms
    M. Boni, A. Galvani, A. Wickelgren, and 1 more author
    Theoretical Population Biology, 2013
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  2. Advertisements impact the physiological efficacy of a branded drug
    E. Kamenica, R. Naclerio, and A. Malani
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013
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  3. Implicit bias in legal interpretation
    W. Farnsworth, D. Guzior, and A. Malani
    Journal of Law & Courts, 2013
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  4. Best of Both Worlds: Uniting Universal Coverage and Personal Choice in Health Care
    J. Bhattacharya, A. Chandra, M. Chernew, and 5 more authors
    2013
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  5. Brief for Health Economics and Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents, Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis, Inc., No. 12-416, U.S. Supreme Court
    A. Malani and others
    2013
    Filed February 28, 2013; argued March 25, 2013
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2012

  1. The Hot–Cold Decision Triangle: A framework for healthier choices
    H. Yang, Z. Carmon, B. Kahn, and 4 more authors
    Marketing Letters, 2012
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  2. Accounting for Differences among Patients in the FDA Approval Process
    A. Malani, O. Bembom, and M. Laan
    Food and Drug Law Journal, 2012
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  3. Raising the Stakes in Patent Cases
    A. Malani and J. S. Masur
    Georgetown Law Journal, 2012
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  4. The Regulation of Medical Products
    A. Malani and T. J. Philipson
    In The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of the Biopharmaceutical Industry, 2012
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  5. Commentary on: Cohen and Dickens, Adoption of Over-the-Counter Malaria Diagnostics in Africa
    A. Malani
    In The Value of Information: Methodological Frontiers and New Applications in Environment and Health, 2012
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2011

  1. Incentives for Reporting Infectious Disease Outbreaks
    A. Malani and R. Laxminarayan
    Journal of Human Resources, 2011
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  2. Economics of Infectious Diseases
    R. Laxminarayan and A. Malani
    In The Oxford Handbook of Health Economics, 2011
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2010

  1. Clinical and Economic Outcomes Attributable to Health Care–Associated Sepsis and Pneumonia
    M. R. Eber, R. Laxminarayan, E. N. Perencevich, and 1 more author
    Archives of Internal Medicine, 2010
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  2. Ambiguity about Ambiguity: An Empirical Inquiry into Legal Interpretation
    W. Farnsworth, D. F. Guzior, and A. Malani
    Journal of Legal Analysis, 2010
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2009

  1. Corporate Philanthropy and the Market for Altruism
    M. T. Henderson and A. Malani
    Columbia Law Review, 2009
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  2. The right combination of carrots and sticks
    R. Laxminarayan and A. Malani
    Resources, 2009
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2008

  1. Does Nonprofit Status Signal Quality?
    A. Malani and G. David
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 2008
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  2. Expectations mediate objective physiological placebo effects
    A. Malani and D. Houser
    Neuroeconomics: Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research, 2008
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  3. Antibiotic Overuse: The Influence of Social Norms
    T. G. Buchman, J. Dushoff, M. B. Effron, and 11 more authors
    Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2008
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  4. Patient enrollment in medical trials: Selection bias in a randomized experiment
    A. Malani
    Journal of Econometrics, 2008
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  5. Regulation with Placebo Effects
    A. Malani
    Duke Law Journal, 2008
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  6. Valuing Laws as Local Amenities
    A. Malani
    Harvard Law Review, 2008
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  7. Comment on Chapter 3 (Burman, Garrett and Khitatrakun)
    A. Malani
    In Brookings Conference on Taxes and Health Insurance: Analysis and Policy, 2008

2007

  1. The Case for For-Profit Charities
    A. Malani and E. A. Posner
    Virginia Law Review, 2007
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  2. Introduction: Current Research on Medical Malpractice Liability
    A. Malani
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 2007
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  3. Extending the Cure: Policy Responses to the Growing Threat of Antibiotic Resistance
    R. Laxminarayan and A. Malani
    2007
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2006

  1. Identifying Placebo Effects with Data from Clinical Trials
    A. Malani
    Journal of Political Economy, 2006
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  2. Habeas Settlements
    A. Malani
    Virginia Law Review, 2006
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2004

  1. The Political Economy of Property Exemption Laws
    Richard M. Hynes, A. Malani, and Eric A. Posner
    The Journal of Law and Economics, 2004
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  2. Ethical Issues in Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine
    H. E. Cantor and A. Malani
    JAMA, 2004
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2003

  1. Theories of firm behavior in the nonprofit sector: A synthesis and empirical evaluation
    A. Malani, T. Philipson, and G. David
    In The Governance of Not-for-Profit Organizations, 2003
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1999

  1. Measurement errors: A principal investigator-agent approach
    T. Philipson and A. Malani
    Journal of Econometrics, 1999
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  2. The Scope of Criminal Forfeiture under RICO: The Appropriate Definition of Proceeds
    A. Malani
    University of Chicago Law Review, 1999
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1996

  1. Economic Dimensions of Regionalism
    G. Hufbauer and A. Malani
    In Academic Mobility in a Changing World: Regional and Global Trends, 1996

1994

  1. Determinants of Direct Foreign Investment and Its Connection to Trade
    G. Hufbauer, A. Malani, and D. Lakdawalla
    UNCTAD Review, 1994

1993

  1. The world trade regime: GATT, regional cooperation, bilateral Confrontation
    G. Hufbauer and A. Malani
    The International Spectator, 1993
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Working Papers

2025

  1. The Economics of Healthcare Fraud
    J. Leder-Luis and A. Malani
    2025
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2024

  1. A New Measure of Surviving Children that Sheds Light on Long-term Trends in Fertility
    A. Malani and A. Jacob
    2024
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  2. Evaluating and Pricing Health Insurance in Lower-income Countries: A Field Experiment in India
    A. Malani, C. Kinnan, G. Conti, and 5 more authors
    2024
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  3. Testing frameworks for early life effects: the developmental constraints and adaptive response hypotheses do not explain key fertility outcomes in wild female baboons
    S. Rosenbaum, A. Malani, A. J. Lea, and 3 more authors
    2024
    Revise and resubmit at \textitProceedings of the Royal Society B
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2023

  1. Do Conflict of Interests Disclosures Work? Evidence from Citations in Medical Journals
    C. Leuz, A. Malani, M. Muhn, and 1 more author
    2023
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2022

  1. Allocating Scarce Information
    R. T. Holden, A. Malani, and C. Teh
    2022
    Under review at \textitTheoretical Economics
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  2. Vaccine Allocation Priorities Using Disease Surveillance and Economic Data
    A. Malani, S. Soman, S. Ramachandran, and 2 more authors
    2022
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2021

  1. Explaining the Income and Consumption Effects of COVID in India
    A. Gupta, A. Malani, and B. Woda
    2021
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  2. Inequality in India Declined During COVID
    A. Gupta, A. Malani, and B. Woda
    2021
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2020

  1. Immunity passports and moral hazard
    D. J. Hemel and A. Malani
    2020
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  2. Authoritarian governments appear to manipulate COVID data
    M. Kapoor, A. Malani, S. Ravi, and 1 more author
    2020
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  3. Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among workers returning to Bihar gives snapshot of COVID across India
    A. Malani, M. Mohanan, C. Kumar, and 2 more authors
    2020
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  4. Adaptive Control of COVID-19 Outbreaks in India: Local, Gradual, and Trigger-based Exit Paths from Lockdown
    A. Malani, S. Soman, S. Asher, and 12 more authors
    2020
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2015

  1. Do judges actually care about the law? Evidence from circuit split data
    S. Baker and A. Malani
    2015

2007

  1. Finding Love in the Wreckage: Estimating Spousal Altruism with Data on Fatal Car Accidents
    I. Beylin, A. Malani, and D. Abrams
    2007
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2005

  1. Assessing the Merits of Reallocation under Joint and Several Liability: Evidence from Asbestos Litigation
    A. Malani and C. Mullin
    2005
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2004

  1. Are non-profit firms simply for-profits in disguise? Evidence from executive compensation in the nursing home industry
    A. Malani and A. H. Choi
    2004
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  2. The option value of new therapeutics
    A. Malani and F. Hu
    2004
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2002

  1. Does the felony murder rule deter? Evidence from FBI crime data
    A. Malani
    2002
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