@article{ref1,
title="Testing for the Effects of Concealed Weapons Laws: Specification Errors and Robustness",
journal="Journal of law and economics",
year="2001",
author="Moody, Carlisle E.",
volume="44",
number="2",
pages="799-813",
abstract="In 1997, John Lott and David Mustard published an important paper in which they found that right-to-carry concealed weapons laws reduce violent crime. Although Lott and Mustard appear to do all possible variations of the analysis, a closer reading reveals that the study might suffer from several possibly important errors. I reestimate the model and check for incorrect functional form, omitted variables, and possible second-order bias in the t-ratios. Lott and Mustard's basic conclusions are generally robust with respect to these potential econometric problems. Overall, right-to-carry concealed weapons laws tend to reduce violent crime. The effect on property crime is more uncertain. I find evidence that these laws also reduce burglary.<p />",
language="",
issn="0022-2186",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}