Dry Laws and Homicides: Evidence from the São Paulo Metropolitan Area

Ciro Biderman, JoãoMP DeMello and Alexandre Schneider
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Joao Manoel Pinho De Mello

Economic Journal, 2010, vol. 120, issue 543, 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. Copyright © The Author(s). Journal compilation © Royal Economic Society 2009.

Date: 2010
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