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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.