Newsgroups: talk.politics.guns From: "John R. Lott, Jr." <[john lott] at [law.uchicago.edu]> Subject: Re: John Lott, Jr.'s Biography To: Howard <[h--wa--d] at [remove.firstnethou.com]> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 21:26:50 GMT Given the discussion on my background here is part of my vita: Selected Biographical Information on John R. Lott, Jr. DEGREES: Ph.D.: UCLA, September 1984, Economics MA: UCLA, 1982, Economics BA: UCLA, 1980, Economics, Magna cum laude AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS: 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. 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. 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 WORK EXPERIENCE: 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. 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. 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. EDITORIAL ACTIVITY AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS: Coeditor, Economic Inquiry, November 1996 to present. Editorial Board, Public Choice, March 1994 to present. Editorial Board, Managerial and Decision Economics, January 1994 to present. Editorial Board, Regulation, July 1989 to present. 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. PUBLICATIONS (PARTIAL LIST): LAW AND ECONOMICS: (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. (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.