The Deer Hunter: The Unintended Effects of Hunting Regulations
利用宾夕法尼亚州1990-2005年狩猎事故与法规数据，发现限制可猎鹿种的规定意外地促使猎人更谨慎开枪，产生正向安全外部性，对研究规制非预期后果的学者有参考价值。
To control the deer population, state game commissions regulate the types of deer that can be legally harvested. These regulations, however, might have an unintended effect on hunting-related accidents by changing the care hunters take when firing their rifles-a moral hazard effect-or changing the composition of hunters. Using detailed data on hunting accidents and regulations in Pennsylvania counties from 1990 to 2005, we find compelling evidence that harvesting restrictions increase the care hunters take in a manner consistent with moral hazard. Thus, these regulations have a positive safety externality. Copyright by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.