Deterrence Effects of Gun Laws in Games with Asymmetric Skills and Information

18 Pages Posted: 7 Mar 2012

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Giacomo Balbinotto Neto

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

Cristiano Aguiar de Oliveira

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)

Date Written: March 6, 2012

Abstract

This paper presents a game theoretic model of crime and self-defense with gun use. The main purpose is to evaluate gun control policy effectiveness on crime reduction. The effects of agent‟s information assumption and some extensions such as criminals‟ first move advantage and different costs and skills on gun carry are studied. The results show that policies that increase the availability of guns take criminals to always carry guns even if they have fight advantage over the victims. The main conclusions are that gun control implies on a decrease of gun crimes and that such policies are more effective when affects both criminals and victims costs.

Keywords: gun control, crime, Game Theory

JEL Classification: K42, C72

Suggested Citation

Neto, Giacomo Balbinotto and Oliveira, Cristiano Aguiar de, Deterrence Effects of Gun Laws in Games with Asymmetric Skills and Information (March 6, 2012). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2017171 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2017171

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Cristiano Aguiar de Oliveira (Contact Author)

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG) ( email )

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