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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280732
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009276060
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807416
markets ; violence ; homicide ; mahogany ; Brazil … 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009379661
markets ; violence ; homicide ; mahogany ; Brazil … 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009266668
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120844
We study a Force-down/Shoot-down intervention in Brazil that led cocaine traffickers to shift from air to river routes …. Using data on cocaine production, homicides, and the network of rivers in the Amazon, we provide evidence that violence …, during the same period, violence in these municipalities became more responsive to cocaine production in origin countries. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015084178
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011715876
Over the past four decades, more than 2,300 people have been the victims of mass shootings involving a firearm in the United States. Research shows that mass shootings have significant detrimental effects on the direct victims and their families. However, relatively little is known about the...
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We move forward in identifying the causes of the marked and systematic reduction in the homicide rate in São Paulo …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013466638