The long-run impact of the 1968 Washington, DC civil disturbance

Stan Veuger, Leah Brooks, Jonathan Rose and Daniel Shoag
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Stan Veuger: American Enterprise Institute
Leah Brooks: The George Washington University Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration
Jonathan Rose: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Daniel Shoag: Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management

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Abstract: This paper studies the urban development impacts of the civil disturbances that took place in Washington, DC following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968.

Keywords: capital investment; Civil rights; development; Economic development; Washington D.C. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-07
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