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
| 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) |
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| 9:00 am |
Age and Suicide Impulsivity: Evidence from Handgun Purchase Delay Laws
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| 9:50 am |
The U.S. Consumer Firearms Industry: Welfare and Policy Implications
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| 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
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| 11:50 am | Lunch | |||
| 12:50 pm | Egg-Timer Presentations | |||
| 12:51 pm |
More Guns Lead to More Crime: Evidence from Private Equity Deals |
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| 12:52 pm |
Guns, Germs, and Murders: Firearms Increased Homicides after the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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| 12:53 pm |
How Thin is the Market for Illegal Ammunition? |
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| 12:54 pm |
Strategic Bureaucratic Opacity: Evidence from Death Investigation Laws and Police Killings |
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| 12:55 pm |
The Effects of Permitless Concealed Carry on Crime and Victimization |
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| 2:10 pm |
Gun Violence in Black and White: Evidence from Policy Reform in Missouri
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |||
| 3:20 pm |
Trauma at School: The Impacts of Shootings on Students’ Human Capital and Economic Outcomes
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| 4:10 pm |
The Hidden Cost of Firearm Violence on Infants in Utero
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| 5:00 pm | Adjourn | |||
| 6:30 pm | Dinner | |||