The authors thank Christine Neill and Andrew Leigh for making the data used in their paper available, and to John Creedy and an anonymous referee for helpful comments.
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THE AUSTRALIAN FIREARMS BUYBACK AND ITS EFFECT ON GUN DEATHS
Article first published online: 3 JUN 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2009.00165.x
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LEE, W.-S. and SUARDI, S. (2010), THE AUSTRALIAN FIREARMS BUYBACK AND ITS EFFECT ON GUN DEATHS. Contemporary Economic Policy, 28: 65–79. doi: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2009.00165.x
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- Issue published online: 22 JAN 2010
- Article first published online: 3 JUN 2009
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The 1996-1997 National Firearms Agreement (NFA) in Australia introduced strict gun laws, primarily as a reaction to the mass shooting in Port Arthur, Tasmania, in 1996, where 35 people were killed. Despite the fact that several researchers using the same data have examined the impact of the NFA on firearm deaths, a consensus does not appear to have been reached. In this paper, we reanalyze the same data on firearm deaths used in previous research, using tests for unknown structural breaks as a means to identifying impacts of the NFA. The results of these tests suggest that the NFA did not have any large effects on reducing firearm homicide or suicide rates. (JEL C22, K19)
