Socioeconomic Factors and Mass Shootings, 1982-2016

<p>This paper is an examination and investigation of the relationship between socioeconomic factors and mass shootings. The objective of this paper was to see if economic policy making could be an effective tool for reducing the level of mass gun violence that America has been experiencing. This paper highlights the known relationship between violent crime and economics and tries to bridge that connection to mass shootings specifically through literature review and econometric testing. The ultimate takeaway from this paper’s results and analysis is the need for a universal definition and governing body for data on mass shootings in order to allow the academic community to understand mass shootings better. The econometric results of this paper are not as statistically significant as other papers in the academic community, but the results provide support and evidence for a relationship between socioeconomic factors and mass shootings, and the results carry economic importance, even if they lack statistical significance.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters Thesis

Year

2022

Author dc:creator

• Petkovich, Taylor

Contributors dc:contributor

• Markus P. A. Schneider
• Juan-Carlos Lopez
• Robert Urquhart
• Eric Boschmann

• Economics
• Gun violence
• Mass shootings
• Socioeconomics
• Behavioral Economics
• Other Economics

Statement dc:rights

• <p>Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.</p>

Language dc:language

en

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/2153

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.du.edu:etd-3145