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- Title
Homicides in Mexico and the expiration of the U.S. federal assault weapons ban: a difference-in-discontinuities approach.
- Authors
Chicoine, Luke E.
- Abstract
The year following the expiration of the U.S. Assault Weapons Ban (AWB), the homicide rate in Mexico increased for the first time in a decade. A difference-in-discontinuities model and a unique dataset are used to compare discontinuities generated by close mayoral elections on either side of the AWB expiration. The model finds a statistically significant increase in the firearm homicide rate following the expiration of the AWB. This effect is larger closer to the U.S.--Mexico border, is isolated to the timing of the expiration, and there is no evidence of a concurrent increase in non-firearm homicides or other violent crime.
- Subjects
ASSAULT weapon laws; HOMICIDE rates; VIOLENT crimes; ASSAULT weapons; CRIME
- Publication
Journal of Economic Geography, 2017, Vol 17, Issue 4, p825
- ISSN
1468-2702
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jeg/1bw031