Comment on “Banning the purchase of sex increases cases of rape: evidence from Sweden”

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Additional evidence on the effects of banning the purchase of sex on cases of rape in Sweden

I discuss (Ciacci J Popul Econ 37:37 2024) and provide additional results of a regression discontinuity in time model showing that the result that the ban affected cases of rape is not robust.

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