Dragone, Davide ; Prarolo, Giovanni ; Vanin, Paolo ; Zanella, Giulio
(2016)
Recreational cannabis reduces rapes and thefts: Evidence from a quasi-experiment.
Bologna:
Dipartimento di Scienze economiche DSE,
p. 12.
DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/5416.
In: Quaderni - Working Paper DSE
(1078).
ISSN 2282-6483.
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Abstract
An argument against the legalization of the cannabis market is that such a policy would increase crime. Exploiting the recent staggered legalization enacted by the states of Washington (end of 2012) and Oregon (end of 2014) we show, combining difference-in-differences and spatial regression discontinuity designs, that recreational cannabis caused a significant reduction of rapes and thefts on the Washington side of the border in 2013-2014 relative to the Oregon side and relative to the pre-legalization years 2010-2012.
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