@article{ref1,
title="Homicides in Mexico and the expiration of the U.S. federal assault weapons ban: a difference-in-discontinuities approach",
journal="Journal of economic geography",
year="2017",
author="Chicoine, Luke E.",
volume="17",
number="4",
pages="825-856",
abstract="The year following the expiration of the U.S. Assault Weapons Ban (AWB), the homicide rate in Mexico increased for the first time in a decade. A difference-in-discontinuities model and a unique dataset are used to compare discontinuities generated by close mayoral elections on either side of the AWB expiration. The model finds a statistically significant increase in the firearm homicide rate following the expiration of the AWB. This effect is larger closer to the U.S.-Mexico border, is isolated to the timing of the expiration, and there is no evidence of a concurrent increase in non-firearm homicides or other violent crime.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1468-2702",
doi="10.1093/jeg/lbw031",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbw031"
}