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来源类型 | Working Paper |
规范类型 | 报告 |
DOI | 10.3386/w26187 |
来源ID | Working Paper 26187 |
The Impact of Mass Shootings on Gun Policy | |
Michael Luca; Deepak Malhotra; Christopher Poliquin | |
发表日期 | 2019-09-02 |
出版年 | 2019 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | There have been dozens of high-profile mass shootings in recent decades. This paper presents three main findings about the impact of mass shootings on gun policy. First, mass shootings evoke large policy responses. A single mass shooting leads to a 15% increase in the number of firearm bills introduced within a state in the year after a mass shooting. This effect increases with the extent of media coverage. Second, mass shootings account for a small portion of all gun deaths, but have an outsized influence relative to other homicides. Third, when looking at bills that were actually enacted into law, the impact of mass shootings depends on the party in power. The annual number of laws that loosen gun restrictions doubles in the year following a mass shooting in states with Republican-controlled legislatures. We find no significant effect of mass shootings on laws enacted when there is a Democrat-controlled legislature, nor do we find a significant effect of mass shootings on the enactment of laws that tighten gun restrictions. |
主题 | Microeconomics ; Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health ; Other ; Law and Economics |
URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w26187 |
来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/583859 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Michael Luca,Deepak Malhotra,Christopher Poliquin. The Impact of Mass Shootings on Gun Policy. 2019. |
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