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 … contracts, or to seek protection from competitors’ improper behaviors. In these contexts, violence is used to enforce previous …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

We move forward in identifying the causes of the marked and systematic reduction in the homicide rate in São Paulo …

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 …