@article{ref1,
title="Do Gun Buybacks Save Lives? Evidence from Panel Data",
journal="American law and economics review",
year="2010",
author="Leigh, Andrew and Neill, Christine",
volume="12",
number="2",
pages="509-557",
abstract="In 1997, Australia implemented a gun buyback program that reduced the stock of firearms by around one-fifth (and nearly halved the number of gun-owning households). Using differences across states, we test whether the reduction in firearms availability affected homicide and suicide rates. We find that the buyback led to a drop in the firearm suicide rates of almost 80%, with no significant effect on non-firearm death rates. The effect on firearm homicides is of similar magnitude but is less precise. The results are robust to a variety of specification checks and to instrumenting the state-level buyback rate.<p />",
language="",
issn="1465-7252",
doi="10.1093/aler/ahq013",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aler/ahq013"
}