Details about Philip J Cook

Homepage:	http://www.pubpol.duke.edu
Postal address:	Sanford School of Public Policy Duke University Durham NC 27708-0245
Workplace:	Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2022

1. Why Does Right-to-Carry Cause Violent Crime to Increase?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2021

2. Not Too Late: Improving Academic Outcomes Among Adolescents
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)

2018

3. The School-Entry-Age Rule Affects Redshirting Patterns and Resulting Disparities in Achievement
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

2014

4. Elusive Facts About Gun Violence: Where Good Surveys Go Bad
   SADO - Working Papers, Small Arms Data Observatory View citations (1)
5. Lessons from the economics of crime
   CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (15)
6. The (Surprising) Efficacy of Academic and Behavioral Intervention with Disadvantaged Youth: Results from a Randomized Experiment in Chicago
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (44)

2013

7. Birthdays, Schooling, and Crime: New Evidence on the Dropout-Crime Nexus
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

2011

8. The Virtuous Tax: Lifesaving and Crime-Prevention Effects of the 1991 Federal Alcohol-Tax Increase
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article The virtuous tax: Lifesaving and crime-prevention effects of the 1991 federal alcohol-tax increase, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (21) (2013)

2010

9. Economical Crime Control
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
10. Generic Utilization Rates, Real Pharmaceutical Prices, and Research and Development Expenditures
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
11. Public Safety through Private Action: An economic assessment of BIDs, locks, and citizen cooperation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2009

12. Gun Control after Heller: Litigating against Regulation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Chapter Gun Control after "Heller": Litigating against Regulation, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) (2010)

2008

13. Assessing Urban Crime And Its Control: An Overview
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

2007

14. Cigarette Taxes and Youth Smoking: New Evidence from National, State, & Local Youth Risk Behavior Surveys
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

2006

15. Should Sixth Grade be in Elementary or Middle School? An Analysis of Grade Configuration and Student Behavior
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
16. Smoke Signals: Adolescent Smoking and School Continuation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2005

17. Are Alcohol Excise Taxes Good For Us? Short and Long-Term Effects on Mortality Rates
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
18. Assigning Deviant Youths to Minimize Total Harm
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
19. The Myth of the Drinker's Bonus
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
20. Underground Gun Markets
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (6)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) View citations (7)

2004

21. The Social Costs of Gun Ownership
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article The social costs of gun ownership, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2006) View citations (67) (2006)

2002

22. The Effects of Gun Prevalence on Burglary: Deterrence vs Inducement
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)

2001

23. After the Epidemic: Recent Trends in Youth Violence in the United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
24. State and Local Prevalence of Firearms Ownership: Measurement, Structure, and Trends
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)

1999

25. Alcohol
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Chapter Alcohol, Handbook of Health Economics, Elsevier (2000) (2000)
26. The Benefits of Reducing Gun Violence: Evidence from Contingent-Valuation Survey Data
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article The Benefits of Reducing Gun Violence: Evidence from Contingent-Valuation Survey Data, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer (2001) View citations (47) (2001)

1996

27. The Effects of Short-Term Variation in Abortion Funding on Pregnancy Outcomes
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article The effects of short-term variation in abortion funding on pregnancy outcomes, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (1999) View citations (31) (1999)

1995

28. Habit and Heterogeneity in the Youthful Demand for Alcohol
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (29)

1991

29. The "Gambler's Fallacy" in Lottery Play
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
30. The Peculiar Scale Economies of Lotto
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article The Peculiar Scale Economies of Lotto, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1993) View citations (77) (1993)

1989

31. The Demand for Lottery Products
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)

1987

32. Implicit Taxation in Lottery Finance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (55)

Journal Articles

2020

1. Girls to the front: How redshirting and test-score gaps are affected by a change in the school-entry cut date
   Economics of Education Review, 2020, 76, (C) View citations (4)

2019

2. RESPONSE TO COUNTERPOINT: VIOLENCE ITSELF IS A ROOT CAUSE OF VIOLENCE
   Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2019, 38, (3), 802-804
3. The social costs of gun ownership: a reply to Hayo, Neumeier, and Westphal
   Empirical Economics, 2019, 56, (1), 13-22 View citations (4)
4. UNDERSTANDING GUN VIOLENCE: PUBLIC HEALTH VS. PUBLIC POLICY
   Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2019, 38, (3), 788-795 View citations (1)

2017

5. A new program to prevent primary school absenteeism: Results of a pilot study in five schools
   Children and Youth Services Review, 2017, 82, (C), 262-270 View citations (4)
6. Constant lethality of gunshot injuries from firearm assault: United States, 2003-2012
   American Journal of Public Health, 2017, 107, (8), 1324-1328 View citations (1)
7. Cook et al. Respond
   American Journal of Public Health, 2017, 107, (12), e23

2016

8. Birthdays, Schooling, and Crime: Regression-Discontinuity Analysis of School Performance, Delinquency, Dropout, and Crime Initiation
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2016, 8, (1), 33-57 View citations (68)

2013

9. The virtuous tax: Lifesaving and crime-prevention effects of the 1991 federal alcohol-tax increase
   Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32, (1), 261-267 View citations (21)
   See also Working Paper The Virtuous Tax: Lifesaving and Crime-Prevention Effects of the 1991 Federal Alcohol-Tax Increase, NBER Working Papers (2011) View citations (4) (2011)
10. Winner-Take-All Markets
    Studies in Microeconomics, 2013, 1, (2), 131-154 View citations (6)

2012

11. The Overall Effect of the Business Cycle on Crime
    German Economic Review, 2012, 13, (4), 436-446 View citations (5)
    Also in German Economic Review, 2012, 13, (4), 436-446 (2012) View citations (8)

2011

12. Public Safety through Private Action: an Economic Assessment of BIDS
    Economic Journal, 2011, 121, (552), 445-462 View citations (49)
13. Taxing sin and saving lives: Can alcohol taxation reduce female homicides?
    Social Science & Medicine, 2011, 73, (1), 169-176 View citations (11)

2009

14. Potential Savings from Abolition of the Death Penalty in North Carolina
    American Law and Economics Review, 2009, 11, (2), 498-529 View citations (1)

2008

15. Cigarette taxes and youth smoking: New evidence from national, state, and local Youth Risk Behavior Surveys
    Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27, (2), 287-299 View citations (90)
16. Distinguishing Spurious and Real Peer Effects: Evidence from Artificial Societies, Small-Group Experiments, and Real Schoolyards
    Review of Law & Economics, 2008, 4, (3), 695-714 View citations (1)
17. The negative impacts of starting middle school in sixth grade
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2008, 27, (1), 104-121 View citations (10)

2006

18. Aiming for evidence-based gun policy
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2006, 25, (3), 691-735 View citations (15)
19. The social costs of gun ownership
    Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90, (1-2), 379-391 View citations (67)
    See also Working Paper The Social Costs of Gun Ownership, NBER Working Papers (2004) View citations (5) (2004)

2005

20. The Net Effect of an Alcohol Tax Increase on Death Rates in Middle Age
    American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (2), 278-281 View citations (4)

2004

21. Can gun control work&quest
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2004, 23, (1), 198-201

2002

22. Drug War Heresies: Learning from Other Vices, Times, and Places by Robert J. MacCoun and Peter Reuter
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2002, 21, (2), 303-306
23. “SMART” GUNS: A TECHNOLOGICAL FIX FOR REGULATING THE SECONDARY MARKET
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 2002, 20, (1), 38-49 View citations (3)

2001

24. The Benefits of Reducing Gun Violence: Evidence from Contingent-Valuation Survey Data
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2001, 22, (3), 207-26 View citations (47)
    See also Working Paper The Benefits of Reducing Gun Violence: Evidence from Contingent-Valuation Survey Data, NBER Working Papers (1999) View citations (12) (1999)

1999

25. Household gun ownership [2] (multiple letters)
    American Journal of Public Health, 1999, 89, (9), 1442
26. The effects of short-term variation in abortion funding on pregnancy outcomes
    Journal of Health Economics, 1999, 18, (2), 241-257 View citations (31)
    See also Working Paper The Effects of Short-Term Variation in Abortion Funding on Pregnancy Outcomes, NBER Working Papers (1996) View citations (3) (1996)

1998

27. The gender gap in reporting household gun ownership
    American Journal of Public Health, 1998, 88, (11), 1715-1718 View citations (4)

1997

28. The gun debate's new mythical number: How many defensive uses per year?
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1997, 16, (3), 463-469 View citations (6)
29. Weighing the “burden of 'acting white'”: Are there race differences in attitudes toward education?
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1997, 16, (2), 256-278 View citations (7)

1994

30. This Tax's for You: The Case for Higher Beer Taxes
    National Tax Journal, 1994, 47, (3), 559-73 View citations (7)

1993

31. Drinking and schooling
    Journal of Health Economics, 1993, 12, (4), 411-429 View citations (91)
32. Notes: The "Gambler's Fallacy" in Lottery Play
    Management Science, 1993, 39, (12), 1521-1525 View citations (24)
33. The Peculiar Scale Economies of Lotto
    American Economic Review, 1993, 83, (3), 634-43 View citations (77)
    See also Working Paper The Peculiar Scale Economies of Lotto, NBER Working Papers (1991) View citations (1) (1991)

1992

34. The search for rational drug control, by Franklin E. Zimring and Gordon Hawkins. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992, 219 pp. Price: $24.95 cloth
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1992, 11, (4), 716-720

1991

35. Drugs and crime, edited by Michael Tonry and James Q. Wilson. Volume 13 of Crime and Justice: A Review of Research. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990, 574 pp. Price: $39.95 cloth, $19.95 paper
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1991, 10, (4), 695-698
36. Lotteries in the Real World
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1991, 4, (3), 227-32 View citations (18)

1990

37. On the Economics of State Lotteries
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1990, 4, (4), 105-19 View citations (74)
38. Redefining “success” in the state lottery business
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1990, 9, (1), 99-104 View citations (1)

1988

39. Increasing the federal excise taxes on alcoholic beverages
    Journal of Health Economics, 1988, 7, (1), 89-91 View citations (5)

1986

40. Social Behavior. Philip J. Cook, Choosing the Right Pond: Human Behavior and the Quest for Status, by Robert H. Frank. NY: Oxford University Press, 1985, 306pp. Price: $22.95 cloth
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1986, 6, (1), 117-118 View citations (1)

1984

41. The Effect of Minimum Drinking Age Legislation on Youthful Auto Fatalities, 1970-1977
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 1984, 13, (1), 169-190 View citations (25)

1982

42. The Effect of Liquor Taxes on Heavy Drinking
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1982, 13, (2), 379-390 View citations (74)

1979

43. The clearance rate as a measure of criminal justice system effectiveness
    Journal of Public Economics, 1979, 11, (1), 135-142 View citations (16)

1978

44. Economics of Life and Safety: Discussion
    American Economic Review, 1978, 68, (2), 300
45. The Value of Human Life in the Demand for Safety: Comment
    American Economic Review, 1978, 68, (4), 710-11 View citations (1)

1977

46. The Demand for Insurance and Protection: The Case of Irreplaceable Commodities
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1977, 91, (1), 143-156 View citations (138)

1975

47. The effect of unemployment dispersion on the rate of wage inflation
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 1975, 1, (2), 241-249

1972

48. A 'One Line' Proof of the Slutsky Equation
    American Economic Review, 1972, 62, (1), 139 View citations (5)

Books

2011

1. Controlling Crime: Strategies and Tradeoffs
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (39)

2002

2. Gun Violence: The Real Costs
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press

1989

3. Selling Hope: State Lotteries in America
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (111)

Edited books

2011

1. Controlling Crime
   National Bureau of Economic Research Books, University of Chicago Press

Chapters

2010

1. Comment on "What Do Economists Know about Crime?"
   A chapter in The Economics of Crime: Lessons For and From Latin America, 2010, pp 302-304
2. Gun Control after "Heller": Litigating against Regulation
   A chapter in Regulation vs. Litigation: Perspectives from Economics and Law, 2010, pp 103-135
   See also Working Paper Gun Control after Heller: Litigating against Regulation, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (2) (2009)
3. The Role of Private Action in Controlling Crime
   A chapter in Controlling Crime: Strategies and Tradeoffs, 2010, pp 331-363 View citations (2)

2007

4. Introduction to Paying the Tab: The Costs and Benefits of Alcohol Control
   A chapter in Paying the Tab: The Costs and Benefits of Alcohol Control, 2007 View citations (35)

2001

5. Environment and Persistence in Youthful Drinking Patterns
   A chapter in Risky Behavior among Youths: An Economic Analysis, 2001, pp 375-438 View citations (30)

2000

6. Alcohol
   Chapter 30 in Handbook of Health Economics, 2000, vol. 1, pp 1629-1673
   See also Working Paper Alcohol, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) View citations (3) (1999)

1993

7. The Growing Concentration of Top Students at Elite Schools
   A chapter in Studies of Supply and Demand in Higher Education, 1993, pp 121-144 View citations (16)