We show that municipalities that are exogenously exposed to the Drug War experience a 40% decrease in export growth on the intensive margin. Large exporters suffer larger effects, along with exports of more complex, capital intensive, and skill intensive products. Finally, using firm level data, we provide evidence consistent with violence increasing marginal exporting costs.
I believe the answer is: Reliability
Reliability in this context refers to the ability to provide consistent and accurate information in order to know the true difference before and after using the drugs, otherwise the data collected by Andrea would be inadmissible and it would mess up the whole research.<span />
Most historians would say yes. Hoover was famously "hands off" in terms of helping America get through very hard economic times. FDR, was the opposite--he was very proactive.
