The Economics of Firearm Markets, Crime, and Gun Violence

Marcella Alsan, Philip J. Cook, and Sara B. Heller, Organizers

March 7, 2024

Timing – 25 minutes for speakers, 13 for discussants, 10 for Q&A

Conference Code of Conduct

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

The U.S. Consumer Firearms Industry: Welfare and Policy Implications
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
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
12:52 pm

Guns, Germs, and Murders: Firearms Increased Homicides after the COVID-19 Pandemic (slides)
12:53 pm

How Thin is the Market for Illegal Ammunition?
12:54 pm

Strategic Bureaucratic Opacity: Evidence from Death Investigation Laws and Police Killings
12:55 pm

The Effects of Permitless Concealed Carry on Crime and Victimization (slides)
2:10 pm

Gun Violence in Black and White: Evidence from Policy Reform in Missouri
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
Discussant: Anna Aizer, Brown University and NBER
4:10 pm

The Hidden Cost of Firearm Violence on Infants in Utero (slides)
Discussant: Judd B. Kessler, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Dinner