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 |
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
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| 9:50 am |
Luis Armona, Harvard University Adam Marshall Rosenberg, Stanford University The U.S. Consumer Firearms Industry: Welfare and Policy Implications
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| 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
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 12:53 pm |
Charles Loeffler, University of Pennsylvania How Thin is the Market for Illegal Ammunition? |
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| 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 |
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| 12:55 pm |
Susan T. Parker, Northeastern University The Effects of Permitless Concealed Carry on Crime and Victimization |
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| 2:10 pm |
Morgan C. Williams Jr., Barnard College Gun Violence in Black and White: Evidence from Policy Reform in Missouri
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |||
| 3:20 pm |
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 Trauma at School: The Impacts of Shootings on Students’ Human Capital and Economic Outcomes
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| 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
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| 5:00 pm | Adjourn | |||
| 6:30 pm | Dinner | |||