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

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This paper provides an extensive analysis using the primary identification strategy in Ciacci (2024) to understand the robustness of the central result that banning the purchase of sex in Sweden increases cases of rape. This analysis was prompted by criticism of Ciacci (2024) received by the editorial office of the Journal. The Journal recruited a committee of experts in the substantive field and empirical methods of Ciacci (2024), who concluded that there was a coding mistake in that paper and recommended additional analyses to understand better what can be learned with the data and primary identification strategy in this context. This Editor, along with an Associate Editor and a Referee, oversaw the standard process of this manuscript.