masterThesis
Impacto del decreto de restricción al porte de armas de fuego sobre los homicidios en Colombia
Fecha
2019Autor
Valles Restrepo, David Andrés
Institución
Resumen
In December 2015, the suspension of firearm carrying permits in Colombia was decreed and it has been extended for several years. While some studies in Colombia have assessed the impact of temporary restrictions on the carrying of weapons on homicides in some cities of the country, there have been no more extensive evaluations that analyze the entire territory. This study evaluates the impact of the decree that suspends the permits to carry firearms on homicides caused by a firearm, comparing between municipalities with the institutional capacity to apply the measure and those that lack it. Through a fixed effects model, there is no evidence that the measure had an effect on the number of homicides caused by a firearm in the country.