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The Use of Violence in Illegal Markets: Evidence from Mahogany Trade in the Brazilian Amazon
Chimeli, Ariaster B.; Soares, Rodrigo R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Agents operating in illegal markets cannot resort to the justice system to guarantee property rights, to enforce contracts, or to seek protection from competitors' improper behaviors. In these contexts, violence is used to enforce previous agreements and to fight for market share. This...
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Stand Your Ground Laws and Homicides
McClellan, Chandler; Tekin, Erdal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The controversies surrounding Stand Your Ground laws have recently captured the nation's attention. Since 2005, eighteen states have passed laws extending the right to self-defense with no duty to retreat to any place a person has a legal right to be, and several additional states are debating...
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Estimating the Causal Effect of Gun Prevalence on Homicide Rates: A Local Average Treatment Effect Approach
Kovandzic, Tomislav; Schaffer, Mark; Kleck, Gary - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
possibly negative impact of noncriminal gun prevalence on homicide and a presumed positive impact of criminal gun prevalence …
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Do Gun Buybacks Save Lives? Evidence from Panel Data
Leigh, Andrew; Neill, Christine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
firearm homicide and suicide rates. We find that the buyback led to a drop in the firearm suicide rates of almost 80 per cent …
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Uses and Abuses of Empirical Evidence in the Death Penalty Debate
III, John J. Donohue; Wolfers, Justin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
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 …
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The Meaning of Failed Replications: A Review and Proposal
Clemens, Michael A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
The welcome rise of replication tests in economics has not been accompanied by a single, clear definition of replication. A discrepant replication, in current usage of the term, can signal anything from an unremarkable disagreement over methods to scientific incompetence or misconduct. This...
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What Drives Taxi Drivers? A Field Experiment on Fraud in a Market for Credence Goods
Balafoutas, Loukas; Beck, Adrian; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
measure different types of fraud and to examine the influence of passengers' presumed information and income on the extent of … fraud. Results reveal that taxi drivers cheat passengers in systematic ways: Passengers with inferior information about …. Higher income seems to lead to more fraud. …
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