Citation

Duggan M, Hjalmarsson R, Jacob BA. Rev. Econ. Stat. 2010; 93(3): 786-799.

Affiliation

University of Maryland; Queen Mary University of London; University of Michigan; and National Bureau of Economic Research

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Department of Economics, Harvard University, Publisher MIT Press)

DOI

10.1162/REST_a_00120

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

We examine the effect of more than 3,400 gun shows using data from Gun and Knife Show Calendar and vital statistics data from California and Texas. Considering the one month following each show and a surrounding area ranging from 80 to 2,000 square miles, we find no evidence that gun shows increase either gun homicides or suicides. The similarity of our estimates for California and Texas suggest that the much tighter California gun show regulations do not substantially reduce the number of firearms-related deaths in that state. Using incident-level crime data for Houston, Texas, we also find no evidence of an effect on other crime categories.