@article{ref1,
title="Dry Laws and Homicides: Evidence from the São Paulo Metropolitan Area",
journal="Economic journal",
year="2010",
author="Biderman, Ciro and De Mello, João M. P. and Schneider, Alexandre",
volume="120",
number="543",
pages="157-182",
abstract="We use a difference-in-differences design to estimate the causal impact of the adoption of dry laws in the São Paulo Metropolitan Area (SPMA) on violent behaviour. Dry laws cause a 10% reduction in homicides. Similar impacts were found on battery and deaths by car accidents.<p />",
language="",
issn="0013-0133",
doi="10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02299.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02299.x"
}