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来源类型 | Working Paper |
规范类型 | 报告 |
DOI | 10.3386/w21566 |
来源ID | Working Paper 21566 |
Model Uncertainty and the Effect of Shall-Issue Right-to-Carry Laws on Crime | |
Steven N. Durlauf; Salvador Navarro; David A. Rivers | |
发表日期 | 2015-09-21 |
出版年 | 2015 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | This paper explores the role of model uncertainty in explaining the different findings in the literature regarding the effect of shall-issue right-to-carry concealed weapons laws on crime. In particular, we systematically examine how different modeling assumptions affect the results. We find little support for some widely used assumptions in the literature (e.g., population weights), but find that allowing for the effect of the law to be heterogeneous across both counties and over time is important for explaining the observed patterns of crime. In terms of model uncertainty, we find that there is substantial variation in the estimated effects for each model across all dimensions of the model space. This suggests that one should be cautious in using the results from any particular model to inform policy decisions. |
主题 | Public Economics ; Other ; Law and Economics |
URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w21566 |
来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
引用统计 | |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/579241 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Steven N. Durlauf,Salvador Navarro,David A. Rivers. Model Uncertainty and the Effect of Shall-Issue Right-to-Carry Laws on Crime. 2015. |
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