The Economic Aftermath of the 1960s Riots in American Cities: Evidence from Property Values

By W. Collins, R. Margo. Journal Economic History, 2007

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Estimating the Peace Dividend: The Impact of Violence on House Prices in Northern Ireland (2009, unknown): “Collins and Margo (2007) studies the impact of riots on property prices in a cross-section of 104 US cities in the 1960s and 70s.”
Immigration into Europe: Economic Discrimination, Violence, and Public Policy (2014, background): “In the American context, urban riots have been associated with a decline in black home values, black earnings, and local tax revenues (Collins & Margo 2007, Matheson & Baade 2004).”
Housing markets in a pandemic: Evidence from historical outbreaks (2020, background): “For example, Collins and Margo (2007) document long-lasting property price declines in US cities heavily aﬀected by urban riots in the 1960s.”
Habit Formation in Voting: Evidence from Rainy Elections (2016, background): “Additionally, our sample covers the entire continental United States over 60 years, during which all counties experienced rainfall on at least one election day.”
The Power of the Street: Evidence from Egypt's Arab Spring (2017, background): “Another branch of the literature (e.g., Collins and Margo (2007), Madestam et al. (2013)) investigates the implications of factors that prevent or facilitate protests on medium-run economic outcomes.”