An empirical examination of firearm users in Brasilia, DF
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Resumo: | This paper relates individuals' characteristics to the probability of possessing firearms: a) inside the home; b) outside the home; and c) inside and outside the home. Extending the literature on the demand for firearms whose focus is on the first trait, we collected survey data on 2,045 random individuals of Brasília, Brazil, in 2002. The multinominal logit model yields several new results. First, while we do find that a person's educational level negatively affects the likelihood that an individual will use arms only outside his or her home, education does not affect the probability of an individual possessing a gun only at home, which contrasts sharply with results for the U.S. Second, individuals who own cars and houses have a 2.8% greater probability of keeping guns at home, which may reflect a desire to protect property. |
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An empirical examination of firearm users in Brasilia, DFBrazilcrimedemand for firearmsgun ownershipmultinomial logitBrasilcrimedemanda por armas de fogopropriedade de armas de fogologit multinomialThis paper relates individuals' characteristics to the probability of possessing firearms: a) inside the home; b) outside the home; and c) inside and outside the home. Extending the literature on the demand for firearms whose focus is on the first trait, we collected survey data on 2,045 random individuals of Brasília, Brazil, in 2002. The multinominal logit model yields several new results. First, while we do find that a person's educational level negatively affects the likelihood that an individual will use arms only outside his or her home, education does not affect the probability of an individual possessing a gun only at home, which contrasts sharply with results for the U.S. Second, individuals who own cars and houses have a 2.8% greater probability of keeping guns at home, which may reflect a desire to protect property.Este artigo relaciona características individuais à probabilidad do indivíduo possuir arma de fogo: a) dentro de casa; b) fora de casa; e c) dentro e fora de casa. Foram coletados dados de 2.045 individuos em Brasilia-DF no ano de 2002. O modelo multinomial logit trouxe vários novos resultados. Em primeiro lugar, o nível educacional de uma pessoa afeta negativamente a probabilidade dela ter armas fora de casa, mas não afeta a probabilidade dela ter armas dentro de casa, o que contradiz alguns resultados para os Estados Unidos. Em segundo lugar, indivíduos que são donos de carros e têm casa própria possuem maior probabilidade de ter armas dentro de casa, o que pode indicar um desejo de proteger sua propriedade.Universidade de São Paulo, FEA-RP/USP2009-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/ecoa/article/view/102310.1590/S1413-80502009000400004Economia Aplicada; Vol. 13 No. 4 (2009); 425-438Economia Aplicada; Vol. 13 Núm. 4 (2009); 425-438Economia Aplicada; v. 13 n. 4 (2009); 425-4381980-53301413-8050reponame:Economia Aplicadainstname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:USPenghttps://www.revistas.usp.br/ecoa/article/view/1023/1035Copyright (c) 2015 Economia Aplicadainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSachsida, AdolfoMollick, André V.Mendonça, Mario Jorge Cardoso de2016-02-03T16:59:46Zoai:revistas.usp.br:article/1023Revistahttps://www.revistas.usp.br/ecoaPUBhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/ecoa/oai||revecap@usp.br1980-53301413-8050opendoar:2023-09-13T12:16:54.766679Economia Aplicada - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false |
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An empirical examination of firearm users in Brasilia, DF |
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An empirical examination of firearm users in Brasilia, DF |
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An empirical examination of firearm users in Brasilia, DF Sachsida, Adolfo Brazil crime demand for firearms gun ownership multinomial logit Brasil crime demanda por armas de fogo propriedade de armas de fogo logit multinomial |
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An empirical examination of firearm users in Brasilia, DF |
title_full |
An empirical examination of firearm users in Brasilia, DF |
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An empirical examination of firearm users in Brasilia, DF |
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An empirical examination of firearm users in Brasilia, DF |
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An empirical examination of firearm users in Brasilia, DF |
author |
Sachsida, Adolfo |
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Sachsida, Adolfo Mollick, André V. Mendonça, Mario Jorge Cardoso de |
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Mollick, André V. Mendonça, Mario Jorge Cardoso de |
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Sachsida, Adolfo Mollick, André V. Mendonça, Mario Jorge Cardoso de |
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Brazil crime demand for firearms gun ownership multinomial logit Brasil crime demanda por armas de fogo propriedade de armas de fogo logit multinomial |
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Brazil crime demand for firearms gun ownership multinomial logit Brasil crime demanda por armas de fogo propriedade de armas de fogo logit multinomial |
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This paper relates individuals' characteristics to the probability of possessing firearms: a) inside the home; b) outside the home; and c) inside and outside the home. Extending the literature on the demand for firearms whose focus is on the first trait, we collected survey data on 2,045 random individuals of Brasília, Brazil, in 2002. The multinominal logit model yields several new results. First, while we do find that a person's educational level negatively affects the likelihood that an individual will use arms only outside his or her home, education does not affect the probability of an individual possessing a gun only at home, which contrasts sharply with results for the U.S. Second, individuals who own cars and houses have a 2.8% greater probability of keeping guns at home, which may reflect a desire to protect property. |
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Universidade de São Paulo, FEA-RP/USP |
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Universidade de São Paulo, FEA-RP/USP |
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