We examine the effect of medical marijuana laws (MML) on crime treating the introduction of MML as a quasi …-experiment and using three different data sources. First, using data from the Uniform Crime Reports, we find that violent crimes such … drug-related violent crime and drug trafficking. Extrapolating, our results indicate that decriminalization of the …

formation, and reproductive externalities. -- Altruism ; spite ; externalities ; conformity ; fixation ; signalling …

exposed to external investments. The objective of the proposed two-sector model with environmental externalities is to provide … the two typologies of actors. -- Foreign Direct Investments ; Environmental Negative Externalities ; Structural Changes …

positive externalities. Without subsidization, so the story reads, there would be an underinvestment in higher education. This … paper shortly reviews theoretical arguments as well as empirical evidence on externalities. It is found that evidence on … positive externalities is quite limited. What is more, evidence on negative externalities of higher education has been mainly …

distress ex-post. If fire-sale liquidation imposes negative externalities on their peers, then firms can be collectively better …

We examine the impact of legalized casino gambling, including Indian casinos, on crime. Using county-level data between … 1994 and 2009, the impact that casino legalization had on crime is examined. Our results show an increase in crime … associated with casinos in some circumstances, but not others. Crime impact results are quite sensitive to data, sample periods …