Scholarly Comments on Academic Economics

The Debate on Shall Issue Laws, Continued

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*Carlisle E. Moody* is Professor of Economics at the College of William and Mary.
*Thomas B. Marvell* is an attorney-sociologist and is director of Justec Research in Williamsburg, VA.

Abstract

In the September 2008 issue of this journal we criticized work by Ian Ayres and John Donohue on the relation between right-to-carry gun laws and crime rates. They replied in the January 2009 issue. Here we respond to their reply.

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Volume (Issue)
6(2)
Pages
203-217
Published
JEL classification
K14
Keywords
Shall-issue, crime, handguns, concealed weapons
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