Author Question: Some studies have found that people who owned guns were more likely to be killed with a gun. Do you ... (Read 55 times)

nenivikky · **on:** Jun 29, 2018

Some studies have found that people who owned guns were more likely to be killed with a gun. Do you think this study is strong evidence in favor of stricter gun control laws? Explain.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Refer to Table 4-4. Suppose that the quantity of labor demanded decreases by 40,000 at each wage level. What are the new free market equilibrium hourly wage and the new equilibrium quantity of labor?

A) W = 9.50; Q = 380,000 B) W = 10.00; Q = 390,000
C) W = 8.00; Q = 350,000 D) W = 8.50; Q = 340,000

ky860224 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 29, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Not necessarily. It is quite possible that people who thought they were at risk (perhaps because they live in dangerous neighborhoods) were more likely to buy a gun for self-protection. This is an example of a case where correlation may not imply causation. There has been a good deal of research on this question. See, for example, a Harvard School of Public Health 2011 interview with David Hemenway (http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/review-guns-politics-hemenway).

Answer to Question 2

C