TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - How do US state firearms laws affect firearms manufacturing location? An empirical investigation, 1986-2010
JO  - Journal of economic geography
A1  - Brauer, Jurgen
A1  - Montolio, Daniel
A1  - Trujillo-Baute, Elisa
SP  - 753
EP  - 790
VL  - 17
IS  - 4
N2  - We exploit variations in US state firearms laws to study their relation to the spatial distribution of more than 2700 federally licensed manufacturers of firearms for the civilian and law enforcement markets across the country. Accounting for a variety of economic factors--such as cost, tax burden and agglomeration effects--we find that states with relatively permissive, end-user friendly laws host more firearms manufacturing establishments than do states with relatively restrictive, end-user unfriendly laws. This supply side-oriented paper complements a literature that predominantly attends to the market's demand side. It thus opens up a new avenue to study the US civilian firearms market.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1468-2702
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbw016
ID  - ref1
ER  -