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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

The Market Evaluation of Criminality: Evidence from the Auction of British Convict Labor in America, 1767-1775

  • Farley Grubb
American Economic Review
vol. 91, no. 1, March 2001
(pp. 295–304)
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Citation

Grubb, Farley. 2001. "The Market Evaluation of Criminality: Evidence from the Auction of British Convict Labor in America, 1767-1775." American Economic Review, 91 (1): 295–304. DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.1.295

JEL Classification

  • N31 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Religion: U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
  • N41 Economic History: Government, War, Law, and Regulation: U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
  • K14 Criminal Law