Gains from Trade in Gun Policy: A Compensation-Based Benchmark -- by Bradley Shapiro, Sara Drango, Sarah Moshary

Thank you to Chupei Zhang for excellent research assistance. This work is supported by the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago, the True North Endowment Fund, and the Robert King Steel Fund at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. This study was approved by the IRB at the University of Chicago (protocol number IRB20-1351). We thank seminar participants at The University of Florida, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, The University of Texas, Virginia Tech, Bocconi University and the University of Rochester for helpful comments. ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini were used to edit and refine prose. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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