high rates of regional violence. But little quantitative evidence exists on the causal relationship between violence and … international emigration in this or any other region. This paper studies the relationship between violence in the Northern Triangle … of unaccompanied child migrants from these countries between 2011 and 2016. It finds that one additional homicide per …

contracts, or to seek protection from competitors' improper behaviors. In these contexts, violence is used to enforce previous … first piece of evidence on the causal effect of illegality on systemic violence. Brazil has historically been the main world … increases in violence after prohibition in areas with: (i) higher share of mahogany exports before prohibition; (ii) higher …

contracts, or to seek protection from competitors' improper behaviors. In these contexts, violence is used to enforce previous … first piece of evidence on the causal effect of illegality on systemic violence. Brazil has historically been the main world … increases in violence after prohibition in areas with: (i) higher share of mahogany exports before prohibition; (ii) higher …

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 …

criminal and noncriminal gun prevalence on violence rates. We first show that a number of previous studies have failed to … impact of noncriminal gun prevalence on homicide and a presumed positive impact of criminal gun prevalence. We find evidence … negative deterrent effect of noncriminal gun prevalence. The beneficiaries of the reduced level of violence may include …

firearm homicide and suicide rates. We find that the buyback led to a drop in the firearm suicide rates of almost 80 per cent …

permanent switch to a later sunset leads to a two year long decrease in robbery and has no effect on homicide. The magnitude of …

Gun violence is a major problem in the United States, and extensive prior work has shown that higher temperatures … exacerbates the effect of temperature on violence. We use two identification strategies that exploit daily variation in … carry laws attenuate the temperature–homicide relationship. Additional results suggest that restrictions primarily decrease …