Schweikert, Karsten; Huth, Manuel; Gius, Mark - In: Contemporary Economic Policy 39 (2021) 4, pp. 719-736
School shootings are often motivated by the perpetrators' desire for media attention and notoriety. As school shootings receive intense regional and national media coverage, a high likelihood for copycat attacks can be expected. We investigate whether a copycat effect can be detected in US...