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

Age and Suicide Impulsivity: Evidence from Handgun Purchase Delay Laws
Discussant: Charles F. Manski, Northwestern University and NBER
9:50 am
Luis Armona, Harvard University
Adam Marshall Rosenberg, Stanford University

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
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

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
Niklas Huether, Indiana University

More Guns Lead to More Crime: Evidence from Private Equity Deals
12:52 pm
Silvia Pedersoli, Stanford University
Paolo Pinotti, Bocconi University
Diego Zambiasi, Newcastle University

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

How Thin is the Market for Illegal Ammunition?
12:54 pm
Elda Celislami, University of Reading
Stephen Kastoryano, University of Reading
Giovanni Mastrobuoni, Collegio Carlo Alberto

Strategic Bureaucratic Opacity: Evidence from Death Investigation Laws and Police Killings
12:55 pm
Susan T. Parker, Northeastern University

The Effects of Permitless Concealed Carry on Crime and Victimization (slides)
2:10 pm
Morgan C. Williams Jr., Barnard College

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

Trauma at School: The Impacts of Shootings on Students’ Human Capital and Economic Outcomes
Discussant: Anna Aizer, Brown University and NBER
4:10 pm
Janet Currie, Princeton University and NBER
Bahadir Dursun, Newcastle University
Michael Hatch, American University
Erdal Tekin, American University and NBER

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