TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Homicides in Mexico and the expiration of the U.S. federal assault weapons ban: a difference-in-discontinuities approach
JO  - Journal of economic geography
A1  - Chicoine, Luke E.
SP  - 825
EP  - 856
VL  - 17
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1468-2702
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbw031
ID  - ref1
ER  -