The positive correlation between gun prevalence and homicide rates has been widely documented. But does this … endogeneity problems. When the problem is ignored, gun levels are associated with higher rates of gun homicide; when the problem … positive effect on homicide rates: ceteris paribus, more guns do not mean more crime. …

provided by the Furman and Gregg decisions and assess the relationship between execution and homicide rates in state panel data … cannot be reliably disentangled from the large year-to-year changes in the homicide rate caused by other factors. As such …

yielding equilibria exhibiting various degrees of inefficiencies and fraud. The variety of results has fostered the impression …

democracies. The incumbent can prevent credible challengers from running, organize vote fraud, or even physically eliminate the …