Moshary, Sarah; Shapiro, Bradley; Drango, Sara - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper estimates consumer demand for firearms with the aim of predicting the likely impacts of firearm regulations … individual-level demand model for firearms. We validate our estimates using aggregate moments from observational data. Next, we …. Importantly, we find that bans or restrictions that specifically target "assault weapons" increase demand for handguns, which are …