Dry law and homicides: evidence from the São Paulo metropolitan area

Over the last 15 years, several Latin American cities have adopted dry laws, which restrain the sale of alcohol in bars and restaurants during specific hours of the week. Bogotá, in 1991, was the first. Several more have followed suit, or are likely to do so in the near future. Policy makers and the...

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1. VerfasserIn: Alexandre A Schneider (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: João Manoel Pinho de Mello ; Ciro Biderman
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