Gun violence in the U.S. : correlates and causes

Kukharskyy, Bohdan; Seiffert, Sebastian

Gun violence in the U.S. : correlates and causes

dc.contributor.author	Kukharskyy, Bohdan	de
dc.contributor.author	Seiffert, Sebastian	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T08:54:01Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T08:54:01Z
dc.date.created	2017-03-08
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.description.abstract	This paper provides a county-level investigation of the root causes of gun violence in the U.S. To guide our empirical analysis, we develop a simple theoretical model which suggests that firearm-related offenses in a given county increase with the number of illegal guns and decrease with social capital and police intensity. Using detailed panel data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the period 1986-2014, we find empirical evidence for the causal effects of illegal guns, social capital, and police intensity consistent with our theoretical predictions. Based on our analysis, we derive a range of policy recommendations.	en
dc.identifier.swb	485105845
dc.identifier.uri	https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6124
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-13337
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences; 2017,04
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	en
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	de
dc.rights.uri	http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_mit_pod.php
dc.subject	Gun violence	en
dc.subject	Illegal guns	en
dc.subject	Social capital	en
dc.subject	Police intensity	en
dc.subject.ddc	330
dc.subject.gnd	USA	de
dc.subject.gnd	Waffenbesitz	de
dc.subject.gnd	Missbrauch	de
dc.title	Gun violence in the U.S. : correlates and causes	de
dc.type.dcmi	Text	de
dc.type.dini	WorkingPaper	de
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	en
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	de
local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlace	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.faculty.number	3	de
local.institute.number	520	de
local.opus.number	1333
local.series.issueNumber	2017,04
local.series.title	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences
local.university	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.university.faculty	Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences	en
local.university.faculty	Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
local.university.institute	Institute for Economics	en
local.university.institute	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre	de

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