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Luis Armona

Luis Armona is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. His research studies the importance of supply-side decision-making in markets with significant regulatory presence, such as higher education and firearms, and how governments should consider these responses when designing policies.
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A New Firearms Tax Design Could Reduce Homicides Without Costing Gun Owners

Luis Armona
In new research, Luis Armona and Adam Rosenberg argue that current state firearm excise taxes inadequately address gun-related crimes. They propose a tax that benefits society by targeting guns responsible for the most homicides, while accommodating the challenging political economy of firearms regulation in the United States.

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