WORK ADDRESS: School of Law
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois 60637
E-MAIL: john_lott@law.uchicago.edu
BIRTHDATE: May 8, 1958 PLACE: Detroit, Michigan CITIZENSHIP: USA
MARITAL STATUS: Married, four children
DEGREES: Ph.D.: UCLA, September 1984, Economics
MA: UCLA, 1982, Economics
BA: UCLA, 1980, Economics, Magna cum laude
DISSERTATION: "Alternative Explanations for Public Provision of
Education"
CHAIRMAN: Harold Demsetz
The John M. Olin Law and Economics Fellow, School of Law, University of Chicago __ September 1995 to August 1999.
The John M. Olin Visiting Assistant Professor, The George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago __ July 1994 to August 1995.
The John M. Olin Visiting Fellow, Cornell University Law School, March 1994.
Winner of the Duncan Black Award presented by the Public Choice Society for the best Public Choice paper of the year for 1992.
The John M. Olin National Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University __ September 1986 to August 1987.
Honorable Mention, Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Contest in Government Finance and Taxation sponsored by the National Tax Association and the Tax Institute of America, 1984.
Weaver Fellowship, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 1980-1981.
FIELDS OF INTEREST FOR RESEARCH:
Law and Economics, Public Choice, Industrial
Organization, Public Finance, Microeconomic Theory, Environmental
Regulation
COURSES TAUGHT (PARTIAL LIST):
Managerial Economics (MBA), Legal Environment of
Business (MBA), Environmental Regulation (MBA), White Collar Crime
and Corporate Criminal Penalties (MBA), Public Choice (Graduate),
Microeconomics (Principles, Intermediate, and MBA), Macroeconomics
(Principles, Intermediate, and MBA), Money and Banking
(Undergraduate), Issues in Deterrence (Law), Empirical Law and
Economics (Law), Cost-Benefit Analysis (Undergraduate, MBA,
Graduate), Political Economy of the Public Sector (MBA), Economics of
the Nonprofit Sector (MBA), Research Seminar for Law Students
The John M. Olin Law and Economics Fellow, School of Law, University of Chicago __ September 1995 to August 1999.
The John M. Olin Visiting Assistant Professor, The George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago __ July 1994 to August 1995.
The John M. Olin Visiting Fellow, Cornell University Law School, March 1994.
The Carl D. Covitz Term Assistant Professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania __ July 1991 to June 1995.
Visiting Assistant Professor, John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California at Los Angeles __ July 1989 to June 1991.
Chief Economist (GS-15, Step 6), United States Sentencing Commission, Washington, D.C. __ February 1988 to August 1989.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Rice University __ July 1987 to June 1988.
The John M. Olin National Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University __ September 1986 to August 1987.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Texas A&M University __ August 1984 to June 1986.
Lecturer, Department of Economics, California State University, Northridge __ August 1983 to June 1984.
Adjunct Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, January 1995 to present.
Member, The Mont Pelerin Society, September 1990 to present.
Associate, Political Economy Research Center, March 1987 to present.
Member, National Policy Forum, Economic Growth and Workplace Opportunity, January 1994 to present.
Coeditor, Economic Inquiry, November 1996 to present.
Editorial Board, Public Choice, March 1994 to present.
Editorial Board, Regulation, July 1989 to present.
Editorial Board, Managerial and Decision Economics, January 1994 to June 1998.
Co-editor, Special Issue of Economic Inquiry in Honor of Armen Alchian's 80th Birthday, July 1996.
Special Editor, Managerial and Decision Economics, special issue on "The Economics of Corporate Crime," July-August 1996.
Nominating Committee for Presidency and Board of Directors of Western Economic Association, Western Economic Association, 1996.
(1) "Licensing and Nontransferable Rents," American Economic Review, Vol. 77, no. 3, June 1987: 453-455; "Licensing and Nontransferable Rents: Reply," American Economic Review, Vol. 79, no. 4, September 1989: 910-912.
(2) "Juvenile Delinquency and Education: A Comparison of Public and Private Provision," International Review of Law and Economics, Vol.7, no. 2, December 1987: 163-175.
(3) "Should the Wealthy Be Able to `Buy Justice'?" Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 95, no. 6, December 1987: 1307-1316.
(4) "Why Comply: The One-Sided Enforcement of Price Controls and Victimless Crime Laws," co-authored with Russell Roberts, Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 18, no. 2, June 1989: 403-414.
(5) "A Transaction Costs Explanation For Why the Poor are More Likely to Commit Crime," Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 19, no. 1, January 1990: 243-245.
(6) "Optimal Penalties Versus Minimizing the Level of Crime: Does it Matter Who is Correct?" Boston University Law Review, invited conference volume on the United States Sentencing Commission's proposed Organizational Sanctions, March 1991: 439-446.
(7) "An Attempt at Measuring the Total Monetary Penalty from Drug Convictions: The Importance of an Individual's Reputation," Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 21, no. 1, January 1992: 159-187.
(8) "Low-Probability-High-Penalty Enforcement Strategies and the Efficient Operation of the Plea Bargaining System," co-authored with Bruce H. Kobayashi, International Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 12, no. 1, March 1992: 69-77.
LAW AND ECONOMICS (CONTINUED):
(9) "Do We Punish High Income Criminals too Heavily?" Economic Inquiry, Vol. 30, no. 4, October 1992: 583-608.
(10) "The Reputational Penalty Firms Bear for Committing Fraud," co-authored with Jonathan M. Karpoff, Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 36, no. 2, October 1993: 757-803, closely related version reprinted in The Economics of Organized Crime, edited by Gianluca Fiorentini and Sam Peltzman, London: Cambridge University Press, 1995: 199-246.
(11) "The Expected Penalty for Committing a Crime: An Analysis of Minimum Wage Violations," co-authored with Russell Roberts, Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 30, no. 2, Spring 1995: 397-408.
(12) "Should Criminal Penalties Include Third-Party Avoidance Costs?" co-authored with Kermit Daniel, Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 24, no. 2, June 1995: 523-534.
(13) "The Optimal Level of Criminal Fines in the Presence of Reputation," Managerial and Decision Economics, invited conference volume, Vol. 17, no. 4, July-August, 1996: 363-380.
(14) "In Defense of Criminal Defense Expenditures and Plea Bargaining," co-authored with Bruce Kobayashi, International Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 16, no. 4, December 1996: 397-416.
(15) "Crime, Deterrence, and Right-to-Carry Concealed Handguns," co-authored with David Mustard, Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 26, no. 1, January 1997: 1-68, single authored summary reprinted in the Valparasio University Law Review, Vol. 31, no. 2 Spring 1997: 355-364.
(16) "The Concealed Handgun Debate," Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 27, no. 1, January 1998: 221-243.
(17) "Deterrence, Right-to-Carry Concealed Handgun Laws, and the Geographic Displacement of Crime," co-authored with Stephen G. Bronars, American Economic Review, May 1998: 475-479.
(18) "Do Concealed Handgun Laws Save Lives?" American Journal of Public Health:, Vol. 88, no. 6, June 1988: 980-982.
(1) "Brand Names and Barriers to Entry in Political Markets," Public Choice, Vol. 51, no. 1, 1986: 87-92.
(2) "Political Cheating," Public Choice, Vol. 52, no. 2, 1987: 169-186.
(3) "The Effect of Nontransferable Property Rights on the Efficiency of Political Markets: Some Evidence," Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 32, no. 2, March 1987: 231-246.
PUBLIC CHOICE AND PUBLIC FINANCE (CONTINUED):
(4) "The Institutional Arrangement of Public Education: The Puzzle of Exclusive Territories," Public Choice, Vol. 54, no. 1, 1987: 89-96.
(5) "Why is Education Publicly Provided?: A Critical Survey," Cato Journal, Vol. 7, no. 2, Fall 1987: 475-501, reprinted in The Economic Value of Education, edited by Mark Blaug, Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 1992, Chapter 27.
(6) "Explaining Challengers' Campaign Expenditures: The Importance of Sunk Nontransferable Brand Name," Public Finance Quarterly, Vol. 17, no. 1, January 1989: 108-118.
(7) "Deadweight Losses and the Saving Response to a Deficit," co-authored with Gertrud Fremling, Economic Inquiry, Vol. 27, no. 1, January 1989: 117-129.
(8) "Shirking and Sorting in a Political Market with Finite-Lived Politicians," co-authored with W. Robert Reed, Public Choice, Vol. 61, no. 1, April 1989: 75-96.
(9) "Time Dependent Information Costs, Price Controls, and Successive Government Intervention," co-authored with Gertrud Fremling, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Vol. 5, no. 2, Fall 1989: 293-306.
(10) "Attendance Rates, Political Shirking, and the Effect of Post-Elective Office Employment," Economic Inquiry, Vol. 28, no. 1, January 1990: 133-150.
(11) "An Explanation for Public Provision of Schooling: The Importance of Indoctrination," Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 33, no.1, April 1990: 199-231.
(12) "Predation by Public Enterprises," Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 43, no. 2, November 1990: 237-251.
(13) "Does Additional Campaign Spending Really Hurt Incumbents?: The Theoretical Importance of Past Investments in Political Brand Name," Public Choice, Vol. 72, October 1991: 87-92.
(14) "A Critical Review and An Extension of the Political Shirking Literature," co-authored with Michael L. Davis, Public Choice, Vol. 74, no. 4, December 1992: 461-484, winner of the Duncan Black Award presented by the Public Choice Society for the best Public Choice paper of the year.
(15) "Reconciling Voters' Behavior with Legislative Term Limits," co-authored with Andrew R. Dick, Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 50, no. 1, January 1993: 1-14, reprinted in Term Limits: A Public Choice Perspective, edited by Bernard Grofman, Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, forthcoming 1996.
(16) "Time Series Evidence on Shirking by Members of the U.S. House of Representatives," coauthored with Stephen G. Bronars, Public Choice, invited conference volume, Vol. 76, no. 1-2, June 1993: 125-149, reprinted in Foundations of Regulatory Economics, edited by Robert B. Ekelund, Jr., London: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, forthcoming.
PUBLIC CHOICE AND PUBLIC FINANCE (CONTINUED):
(17) "An Explanation for Why Senators from the Same State Vote Differently So Frequently," couauthored with Gi-Ryong Jung and Lawrence W. Kenny, Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 54, no. 1, May 1994: 65-96.
(18) "Do Deficits Affect the Level of Insurance?" co-authored with Gertrud M. Fremling, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Vol. 26, no. 4, November 1994: 934-940.
(19) "Are Government or Private Enterprises More Likely to Engage in Dumping?: Some International Evidence," Managerial and Decision Economics, Vol. 16, no. 3, May-June 1995: 185-204.
(20) "Legislator Voting and Shirking: A Critical Review of the Literature," co-authored with Bruce Bender, Public Choice, Vol. 87, nos. 1 and 2, April 1996: 67-100.
(21) "Term Limits and Electoral Competitiveness: Evidence from California's State Legislative Races," co-authored with Kermit Daniel, Public Choice, Vol. 90, nos. 1-4, March 1997: 165-184, reprinted in Constitutional Political Economy in a Public Choice Perspective, edited by Charles K. Rowley, Kluwer Academic Publishers: Boston, 1997, Chapter 7, pp. 165-184.
(22) "Does Political Reform Increase Wealth?: Or, Why the Difference Between the Chicago and Virginia Schools is Really an Elasticity Question," Public Choice, Vol. 91, nos. 3-4, June 1997: 219-227.
(23) "A Review Article on Donald Wittman's The Myth of Democratic Failure," Public Choice, Vol. 92, no. 1-2, July 1997: 1-13.
(24) "How Term Limits Enhance the Expression of Democratic Preferences," coauthored with Einer Elhauge and Richard Manning, Supreme Court Economic Review, Vol. 5, 1997: 59-81.
(25) "Do Campaign Donations Alter How a Politician Votes?," coauthored with Steve Bronars, Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 40, no. 2, October 1997: 317-350.
(1) "Brand Names, Ignorance, and Quality Guaranteeing Premiums," Applied Economics, Vol. 20, no. 2, February 1988: 165-176.
(2) "Qualitative Information, Reputation, and Monopolistic Competition," co-authored with Michael Darby, International Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 9, no. 1, June 1989: 87-103.
(3) "A Guide to the Pitfalls of Identifying Price Discrimination," co-authored with Russell D. Roberts, Economic Inquiry, Vol. 29, no. 1, January 1991: 14-23, reprinted in Who Sets Prices?, Pittsburgh, PA.: Enterprise & Education Foundation, 1991.
(4) "Do Some Firms Rely on Preferences Instead of Sunk Investments to Guarantee Performance?" coauthored with Andrew R. Dick, Managerial and Decision Economics, invited conference volume, Vol. 14, no. 2, March-April 1993: 109-118.
(5) "Profiting from Induced Changes in Competitors' Market Values: The Case of Entry and Entry Deterence," co-authored with Robert G. Hansen, Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 43, no. 3, September 1995: 261-276.
(6) "Externalities and Corporate Objectives in a World with Diversified Shareholder/Consumers," co-authored with Robert G. Hansen, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Vol. 31, no. 1, March 1996: 43-68.
(7) "Testing Whether Predatory Commitments are Credible," co-authored with Tim Opler, Journal of Business, Vol. 69, no. 3, July 1996: 339-382.
(1) "Why Do Workers Join Unions?: The Importance of Rent-Seeking," co-authored with Stephen G. Bronars, Economic Inquiry, Vol. 27, no. 4, April 1989: 305-324.
(2) "The Winner's Curse and Public Information in Common Value Auctions: Comment," co-authored with Robert G. Hansen, American Economic Review, Vol. 81, no. 1, March 1991: 347-361, reprinted in Recent Developments in Experimental Economics, Vol. II, edited by John D. Hey and Graham Loomes, Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 1993, Chapter 9, pp. 154-168.
(3) "The Bias Towards Zero in Aggregate Perceptions: An Explanation Based on Rationally Calculating Individuals," co-authored with Gertrud Fremling, Economic Inquiry, Vol. 34, no. 2, April 1996: 276-295; "The Bias Towards Zero in Identifying Relationships: Reply to Kennedy," co-authored with Gertrud Fremling, Economic Inquiry, Vol. 36, no. 3, July 1998: forthcoming.
(1) "A Note on Law, Property Rights, and Air Pollution," Cato Journal, Vol. 3, no. 3, Winter 1983/1984: 875-878.
(2) "Education," Economics Research Directory, New York: Manhattan Institute, 1984: Chp. 7.
(3) "Rates of Return Promised by Social Security to Today's Young Workers," co-authored with Peter Ferrara, in Social Security: The Prospects for Real Reform, Peter Ferrara ed., Washington: Cato Institute, 1985: Chp. 1.
(4) Review of Unnatural Monopolies, edited by Robert Poole, Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 53, no. 1, July 1986: 287-288.
(5) "On Nationalizing Private Property and the Present Value of Dictators," co-authored with David Reiffen, Public Choice, Vol. 48, no. 1, 1986: 81-87.
(6) "Externalities, Agency Structure, and the Level of Transfers," Public Choice, Vol. 53, no. 3, 1987: 285-287.
(7) "Televising Legislatures: Some Thoughts on Whether Politicians are Search Goods," co-authored with Gertrud Fremling, Public Choice, Vol. 58, no. 1, July 1988: 73-78.
(8) "Some Thoughts on Tullock's New Definition of Rent-Seeking," Contemporary Policy Issues, Vol. 6, no. 4, October 1988: 48-49.
(9) "Racial Employment and Earnings Differentials: The Impact of the Reagan Administration: Comment," The Review of Black Political Economy, Vol. 17, no. 4, Spring 1989: 83-84.
(10) "Production Costs and Deregulation," co-authored with Morgan Reynolds, Public Choice, Vol. 61, no. 2, May 1989: 183-186.
(11) Review of Televised Legislatures: Political Information, Technology, and Public Choice by W. Mark Crain and Brian Goff, American Political Science Review, Vol. 83, December 1989: 1377-1378.
(12) "Getting Tough on White-Collar Crime," Regulation, Vol. 13, no. 1, Winter 1990: 18-19.
(13) "A Comment on `The Role of Potential Competition in Industrial Organization,'" co-authored with Andrew Dick, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 4, no. 2, Spring 1990: 213-215.
(14) "Why is Education Publicly Provided?: Some Further Thoughts," Cato Journal, Vol. 10, no. 1, Summer 1990: 293-297.
(15) "Nontransferable Rents and an Unrecognized Social Cost of Minimum Wage Laws," Journal of Labor Research, Vol. 11, no. 4, Fall 1990: 453-460.
(16) "The Effect of Conviction on the Legitimate Income of Criminals," Economics Letters, Vol. 34, no. 12, December 1990: 381-385.
(17) "Why the Commission's Corporate Guidelines May Create Disparity," Federal Sentencing Reporter, co-authored with Jonathan Karpoff, November/December 1990: 140-141.
(18) Review of Institutions, Institutional Change, and Economic Performance, by Douglas C. North, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 11, no. 1, 1992: 156-159.
(19) "Goring the U.S. Economy," Review of Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit, by Senator Albert Gore, Jr., Regulation, Vol. 15, no. 3, Summer 1992: 76-80.
(20) Review of Reforming Products Liability, by W. Kip Viscusi, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 11, no. 4, 1992: 726-728.
(21) Review of The Future of Economics, by John D. Hey (ed.), Public Choice, Vol. 75, no. 4 (April 1993): 389-394.
(22) "Regulatory Common Sense vs. Environmental Nonsense," Reviews of Environmental Overkill: Whatever Happened to Common Sense? by Dixy Lee Ray with Lou Guzo and Science Under Siege: Balancing Technology and the Environment by Michael Fumento, Regulation, Vol. 16, no. 1, Fall 1993: 80-82.
(23) "Regulating Indoor Air Quality: The Economist's View," coauthored with Robert G. Hansen, The EPA Journal, Vol. 19, no. 4 (October-December, 1993): 30-31.
(24) "Environmental Economics: Fallacies and Market Incentives," Chapter 3 in Balancing the Earth's Economy and Ecology: Analysis and Constructive Alternatives to Earth in the Balance, John Baden (ed.), San Francisco: Pacific Research Institute, 1994: 77-89.
(25) "The Regulatory Quest for Safety at Any Cost," Review of Collision Course: The Truth About Airline Safety by Ralph Nader and Wesley J. Smith, Regulation, Vol. 17, no. 1, Winter 1994: 80-81.
(26) "Armen A. Alchian's Influence on Economics," Economic Inquiry , Vol. 34, no. 3, July, 1996: 409-411, reprinted in Uncertainty and Economic Evolution: Essays in Honor of Armen Alchian, John R. Lott, Jr. (ed.), Routledge Press: New York (1997): 1-3.
(27) Moderated and Participated in "Roundtable discussion in Celebration of Armen Alchian's 80th Birthday," Economic Inquiry Vol. 34, no. 3 (July 1996): 412-426.
(28) "Corporate Criminal Penalties," Managerial and Decision Economics Vol. 17, no. 4 (July-August 1996): 349-350.
(29) "In Praise of Lost Mail and $900 Toilet Seats?" Review of The Myth of Democratic Failure: Why Political Institutions are Efficient, by Donald Wittman, Regulation, no. 1, 1996: 85-89.
(30) "Concealed Handguns Can Save Lives," Agenda, Vol. 3, no. 4, 1996: 499-502.
(31) "Freedom, Wealth, and Coercion," co-authored with Gertrud Fremling, in Uncertainty and Economic Evolution: Essays in Honor of Armen Alchian, John R. Lott, Jr. (ed.), Routledge Press: New York (1997): 151-164.
(32) "Survey of the Economics of Corporate Crime," Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, Boudewijn Bouckaert and Gerrit De Geest, editors, forthcoming.
(33) "The Reputational Penalty Imposed on Criminals," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and Law, Peter Newman, editor, forthcoming Spring, 1998.
(34) "Do Concealed Handgun Laws Save Lives?," Spectrum: The Journal of State Government, Vol. 70 (Spring 1997): 28 and 29.
(35) "Who is Really Hurt By Affirmative Action?," Police Executive Research Forum, Vol. 12, No. 5, May 1998: 1 and 3.
"How Dramatically Did Women's Suffrage Change the Size and Scope of Government?," co-authored with Larry Kenny, revised-and-resubmit at the Journal of Political Economy.
"An Explanation for Why Campaign Donations are Increasing: The Government is Getting Bigger," revised-and-resubmit at the American Economic Review.
"Schooling, Indoctrination, and The Battle Between the State and the Family in Forming Children's Views," revised-and-resubmit at the Journal of Political Economy.
"Have Changing Liablity Rules Compensated Workers Twice for Occupational Hazards?: Earnings Premiums and Cancer Risks," co-authored with Richard L Manning, revised-and-resubmit at the Journal of Political Economy.
"Do Foreign or Domestically Owned Firms Contribute More to a Country's Charities?" co-authored with Robert G. Hansen.
"Why Short-Lagged Relationships Are More Easily Identified," co-authored with Gertrud Fremling.
Uncertainty and Economic Evolution: Essays in Honor of Armen Alchian, edited volume, Routledge Press: New York (1997).
More Guns, Less Crime: Analyzing Crime and Gun Control Laws, University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois (1998).
Should Predatory Threats Be Taken Seriously?: Theory and Evidence for Government and Private Enterprises University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois (forthcoming 1999).
Individual Reputations: Crime, Politics, and Professions, University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois (undercontract).
American Economic Review; Contemporary Economic Policy; Economic Inquiry; Economica; Economics of Education Review; International Economic Review; International Journal of Industrial Organization; International Review of Law and Economics; Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization; Journal of Economic Education; Journal of Human Resources; Journal of Law and Economics; Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization; Journal of Legal Studies; Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis; Journal of Policy Analysis & Management; Journal of Political Economy; Journal of Public Economics; Legislative Studies Quarterly; Managerial and Decision Economics; National Science Foundation; Public Choice; Public Finance Quarterly; Quarterly Journal of Economics; RAND Journal of Economics; Rationality and Society; Research in Law and Economics; Review of Economics and Statistics; Social Choice and Welfare; Southern Economic Journal; and Regulation.
LEGISLATIVE TESTIMONY:
U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Public Hearing on Prescription Drugs in the Health Security Act, Tuesday, February 8, 1994.
U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, Public Hearing on Alternative Health Reform Proposals, Thursday, February 10, 1994.
Nebraska State Senate, Judicary Committe, Public Hearings on Concealed Handgun Permits, Thursday, February 6, 1997 (lead witness).
Kansas State Senate, State and Federal Affairs Committee, Public Hearings on Conealed Handgun Permits, Monday, February 10, 1997 (lead witness).
Kansas State House, State and Federal Affairs Committee, Public Hearings on Concealed Handgun Permits, Monday, February 10, 1997 (lead witness).
Illinois State House, Transportation Committee, Public Hearings on Concealed Handgun Permits, Tuesday, March 18, 1997 (lead witness).
California State Assembly, Committee on Public Safety, Public Hearings on Concealed Handgun Permits, Tuesday, November 18, 1997.
PRESENTATIONS AT UNIVERSITIES:
Arizona State University: 1988, 1989, 1991, 1998; Australian National University: 1996; Brigham Young University: 1992; Carnegie Mellon University: 1994; Claremont Graduate School: 1989; Clemson University: 1988; Cornell University: 1989, 1994, 1998; California State University at Hayward: 1987, 1993; California State University at Northridge: 1984; Dartmouth College: 1985; Emory University: 1993, 1996; Fordham University School of Law: 1996; George Mason University: 1988, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995; George Mason University School of Law: 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996; Georgetown University School of Law: 1997; Harvard University School of Law: 1996; Indiana University: 1994; Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis: 1997; Michigan State University: 1997; Montana State University: 1986; New York University: 1988; North Carolina State University: 1990; Northwestern University: 1994; Northwestern University School of Law: 1993, 1996; Notre Dame University: 1995; Ohio State University: 1989; Pepperdine University: 1989; Rand Corporation: 1991; Rice University: 1998; Rutgers University: 1991; Santa Clara University: 1991; Simon Fraser University: 1991; Southern Methodist University: 1985, 1992; Stanford Law School: 1987, 1989, 1996; SUNY - Binghamtom: 1997; Texas A&M University: 1992; Tulane University: 1989; University of Alberta: 1991; University of Arizona: 1991; University of Arizona School of Law: 1991; University of Chicago: 1990, 1992, 1993; UC Davis: 1987, 1993; UC Irvine: 1989, 1991; UCLA: 1989, 1993, 1995, 1997; UCLA School of Law: 1991; UC Santa Barbara: 1987, 1990; University of Florida: 1988; University of Georgia: 1992, 1993; University of Houston: 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1992; University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana): 1994; University of Illinois (Chicago): 1996; University of Kentucky: 1995; University of Miami: 1989, 1990, 1998; University of Michigan: 1995, 1997; Michigan State University: 1997; University of New Mexico: 1984; University of Pennsylvania: 1991; University of Southern California: 1990; University of Texas (Austin): 1985; University of Texas (Dallas): 1992, 1998; University of Toronto: 1991, 1995; University of Virginia: 1988; University of Washington: 1990, 1997 (business school), 1997 (economics); University of Western Ontario: 1993; University of Wisconsin (Madison): 1995; University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee): 1992; Virginia Polytechnic Institute: 1988; Washington State University: 1990; Yale University Law School: 1985, 1996.
PRESENTATIONS AT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER NON-UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONS:
Ad Hoc Working Group on the Economics of the Parmaceutical Industry: 1995; Cato Institute: 1996; Commodity Futures Trading Commission: 1991; Comstock Club (Stockton, California): 1997; Federal Trade Commission: 1990, 1992, 1996; Heritage Foundation: 1997; Illinois Police Association Annual State Convention (Luncheon Keynote Speaker): 1997; Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (Milan, Italy): 1993; Koch Crime Commission (Topeka, Kansas): 1998; National Association of Treasury Agents Annual Convention: 1997; U.S. Department of Education: 1988; U.S. Department of Justice: 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993; U.S. Office of Management and Budget: 1991; U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: 1988, 1989; World Affairs Council of Philadelphia: 1993.
CONFERENCES:
American Criminology Society: 1996; American Economics Association: 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998; American Enterprise Institute's Panel to Discuss my book entitled More Guns, Less Crime: 1998; American Law and Economics Association Meetings: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996; Association of Managerial Economists Meetings: 1993; Atlantic Economic Association Meetings: 1993; Cato Institute's Conference on The U.S. Sentencing Commission's Corporate Penalty Guidelines: 1991; Centre for Economic Policy Research Conference on the Economics of Organized Crime (Bologna, Italy): 1993; Economic Science Association Meetings: 1989; Handgun Control, Inc. Sponsored Debate on Concealed Handgun Laws: 1996; Law and Economics Center's Conference to Discuss the fourth Edition of Economic Analysis of Law by Richard Posner: 1993; Law and Economics Center's National Conference on Sentencing of the Corporation: 1990; Penalties: Public and Private (held at the University of Chicago): 1997; Public Choice: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997; Southern Economic Association: 1991, 1997; Strategy and Politics sponsored by the University of Maryland Collective Choice Center: 1996; Symposium on the Economic Analysis of Social Behavior to honor Gary Becker's 65th Birthday: 1995; Western Economic Association: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997; Wharton Health Care Conference: 1992.
CONFERENCES ORGANIZED AND RAISED MONEY FOR:
Corporate Sentencing: The Guidelines Take Hold, held at the Four Seasons Hotel under the auspices of the Cato Institute, October 31, 1991.
Penalties: Public and Private, held at the University of Chicago, December 1997.
COURT TESTIMONY:
California Prolife Council Political Action Committee v. Jan Scully, et al., United States District Court, Eastern District of California, NO. CIV. S-96-1965 LKK/DAD.
Colorado Right to Life Committee v. Buckley, United States District Court, District of Colorado, Case No. 96-S-2844.
Political Economy Reasearch Center, Summer 1987.
Institute for Humane Studies, Summer 1990.
University of Pennsylvania Research Foundation, Summer 1992.
American Law and Economics Association
American Economic Association
Public Choice Society
Western Economic Association