The Economics of Firearm Markets, Crime, and Gun Violence
Organized by Marcella Alsan, Philip J. Cook, and Sara B. Heller
March 7, 2024
NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA, and Zoom
Timing – 25 minutes for speakers, 13 for discussants, 10 for Q&A
Thursday, March 7
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am
Jim Poterba: Welcome (5 minutes)
Phil Cook: History of Research in Field (15 minutes)
Around the Room Introductions (10 minutes)
9:00 am

Age and Suicide Impulsivity: Evidence from Handgun Purchase Delay Laws

John J. Donohue, Stanford University and NBER
Samuel V. Cai, Yale Law School
Arjun Ravi, University of Oxford

Discussant:
Charles F. Manski, Northwestern University and NBER
9:50 am

The U.S. Consumer Firearms Industry: Welfare and Policy Implications

Luis Armona, Harvard University
Adam Marshall Rosenberg, Stanford University

Discussant:
Jeffrey A. Smith, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
10:40 am
Break
11:00 am

We’re Building Something Here: Reducing Gun Violence Without Exacerbating the Harms of Policing in Baltimore’s Western District

Max Kapustin, Cornell University and NBER
Aaron Chalfin, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Jeremy Biddle, University of Pennsylvania
Cristina Layana, University of Pennsylvania
Brian A. Wade, University of Pennsylvania
Ben Struhl, University of Pennsylvania
Anthony Braga, University of Pennsylvania

Discussant:
Emily G. Owens, University of California, Irvine
11:50 am
Lunch
12:50 pm
Egg-Timer Presentations
12:51 pm

More Guns Lead to More Crime: Evidence from Private Equity Deals

Niklas Huether, Indiana University
12:52 pm

Guns, Germs, and Murders: Firearms Increased Homicides after the COVID-19 Pandemic (slides)

Silvia Pedersoli, Stanford University
Paolo Pinotti, Bocconi University
Diego Zambiasi, Newcastle University
12:53 pm

How Thin is the Market for Illegal Ammunition?

Charles Loeffler, University of Pennsylvania
12:54 pm

Strategic Bureaucratic Opacity: Evidence from Death Investigation Laws and Police Killings

Elda Celislami, University of Reading
Stephen Kastoryano, University of Reading
Giovanni Mastrobuoni, Collegio Carlo Alberto
12:55 pm

The Effects of Permitless Concealed Carry on Crime and Victimization (slides)

Susan T. Parker, Northeastern University
2:10 pm

Gun Violence in Black and White: Evidence from Policy Reform in Missouri

Morgan C. Williams Jr., Barnard College

Discussant:
Steven Raphael, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:20 pm

Trauma at School: The Impacts of Shootings on Students’ Human Capital and Economic Outcomes

Marika Cabral, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Bokyung Kim, University of Connecticut
Maya Rossin-Slater, Stanford University and NBER
Molly Schnell, Northwestern University and NBER
Hannes Schwandt, Northwestern University and NBER

Discussant:
Anna Aizer, Brown University and NBER
4:10 pm

The Hidden Cost of Firearm Violence on Infants in Utero (slides)

Janet Currie, Yale University and NBER
Bahadir Dursun, Newcastle University
Michael Hatch, American University
Erdal Tekin, American University and NBER

Discussant:
Judd B. Kessler, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Dinner