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Ciro Biderman and others, Dry Laws and Homicides: Evidence from the São Paulo Metropolitan Area, The Economic Journal, Volume 120, Issue 543, 1 March 2010, Pages 157–182, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02299.x
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We use a difference‐in‐differences design to estimate the causal impact of the adoption of dry laws in the São Paulo Metropolitan Area (SPMA) on violent behaviour. Dry laws cause a 10% reduction in homicides. Similar impacts were found on battery and deaths by car accidents.
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