TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Do Gun Buybacks Save Lives? Evidence from Panel Data
JO  - American law and economics review
A1  - Leigh, Andrew
A1  - Neill, Christine
SP  - 509
EP  - 557
VL  - 12
IS  - 2
N2  - 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 />
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SN  - 1465-7252
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aler/ahq013
ID  - ref1
ER  -