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Do gun buybacks save lives? Evidence from panel data

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dc.contributor.authorLeigh, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorNeill, Christine
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T23:12:38Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.updated2015-12-10T09:31:55Z
dc.description.abstractIn 1997, Australia implemented a gun buyback program that reduced the stock of firearms by around one-fifth (and nearly halved the number of gun-owning house-holds). Using differences across states, we test whether the reduction in firearms availability affected homicide and suicide rates. We find that the buyback led to a drop in the firearm suicide rates of almost 80%, with no significant effect on non-firearm death rates. The effect on firearm homicides is of similar magnitude but is less precise. The results are robust to a variety of specification checks and to instrumenting the state-level buyback rate.en_AU
dc.identifier.issn1465-7252
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/64067en_AU
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.sourceAmerican Law and Economics Review
dc.titleDo gun buybacks save lives? Evidence from panel data
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage557
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage509
local.contributor.affiliationLeigh, Andrew, College of Business and Economics, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationNeill, Christine, Wilfrid Laurier University
local.contributor.authoruidLeigh, Andrew, u4170357
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor140304 - Panel Data Analysis
local.identifier.absfor140299 - Applied Economics not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.ariespublicationf2965xPUB883
local.identifier.citationvolume12
local.identifier.doi10.1093/aler/ahq014
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-78149475314
local.type.statusPublished Version

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