Publication bonus to Gavrilova and Zoutman
An article by Evelina Gavrilova- Zoutman and Floris Zoutman has been accepted for publication in highly prestigious The Economic Journal.
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The Economic Journal is included in the NHH bonus list and it is on level 4 in the ABS Academic Journal Guide.
The forthcoming article is «Is Legal Pot Crippling Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations? The Effect of Medical Marijuana Laws on US Crime». The study is a collaboration between Gavrilova-Zoutman and Zoutman at the Department of Business and Management Science and Takuma Kamada, Pennsylvania State University.
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In this study they examine the effects of medical marijuana laws (MMLs) on crime. We exploit the introduction of MMLs as quasi-experimental variation.
Further reading:
Legalization of medical marijuana reduces crime