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Postal address:	Stanford Law School Stanford, CA 94305

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Working Papers

2024

1. Beyond Bruen: Can Firearm Training Replace Local Discretion in Concealed Carry Permitting?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Does Defensive Gun Use Deter Crime?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2023

3. Age and Suicide Impulsivity: Evidence from Handgun Purchase Delay Laws
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2022

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

2019

5. A Panel-based Proxy for Gun Prevalence in the US
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
6. The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime over the Last Two Decades
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
   See also Journal Article The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime over the Last Two Decades, American Law and Economics Review, American Law and Economics Association (2020) View citations (4) (2020)

2017

7. Right-to-Carry Laws and Violent Crime: A Comprehensive Assessment Using Panel Data and a State-Level Synthetic Control Analysis
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
   See also Journal Article Right‐to‐Carry Laws and Violent Crime: A Comprehensive Assessment Using Panel Data and a State‐Level Synthetic Control Analysis, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, John Wiley & Sons (2019) View citations (22) (2019)

2012

8. The Impact of Right to Carry Laws and the NRC Report: The Latest Lessons for the Empirical Evaluation of Law and Policy
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)

2011

9. Rethinking America's Illegal Drug Policy
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
   See also Chapter Rethinking America's Illegal Drug Policy, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) (2010)

2006

10. Measurement Error, Legalized Abortion, and the Decline in Crime: A Response to Foote and Goetz (2005)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
11. Uses and Abuses of Empirical Evidence in the Death Penalty Debate
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (34)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (23)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2006) View citations (22)

2005

12. The Law and Economics of Antidiscrimination Law
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2003

13. Further Evidence that Legalized Abortion Lowered Crime: A Reply to Joyce
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article Further Evidence that Legalized Abortion Lowered Crime: A Reply to Joyce, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2004) View citations (72) (2004)
14. The Costs of Wrongful-Discharge Laws
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (40)
    See also Journal Article The Costs of Wrongful-Discharge Laws, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2006) View citations (183) (2006)

2002

15. Shooting Down the More Guns, Less Crime Hypothesis
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)

2000

16. The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
    Also in Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics (2000) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2001) View citations (288) (2001)

1999

17. Legalized Abortion and Crime
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research View citations (13)

1998

18. Social Action, Private Choice, and Philanthropy: Understanding the Sources of Improvements in Black Schooling in Georgia, 1911-1960
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
19. The Impact of Race on Policing, Arrest Patterns, and Crime
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)

1991

20. Continuous Versus Episodic Change: The Impact of Civil Rights Policy on the Economic Status of Blacks
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (221)
    See also Journal Article Continuous versus Episodic Change: The Impact of Civil Rights Policy on the Economic Status of Blacks, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (1991) View citations (233) (1991)

Undated

21. The Latest Misfires in Support of the More Guns, Less Crime Hypothesis
    Yale Law School John M. Olin Center for Studies in Law, Economics, and Public Policy Working Paper Series, Yale Law School John M. Olin Center for Studies in Law, Economics, and Public Policy View citations (15)

Journal Articles

2020

1. The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime over the Last Two Decades
   American Law and Economics Review, 2020, 22, (2), 241-302 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime over the Last Two Decades, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (8) (2019)

2019

2. RTC Laws Increase Violent Crime: Moody and Marvell Have Missed the Target
   Econ Journal Watch, 2019, 16, (1), 97–113
3. Right‐to‐Carry Laws and Violent Crime: A Comprehensive Assessment Using Panel Data and a State‐Level Synthetic Control Analysis
   Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 2019, 16, (2), 198-247 View citations (22)
   See also Working Paper Right-to-Carry Laws and Violent Crime: A Comprehensive Assessment Using Panel Data and a State-Level Synthetic Control Analysis, NBER Working Papers (2017) View citations (11) (2017)

2018

4. More Gun Carrying, More Violent Crime
   Econ Journal Watch, 2018, 15, (1), 67–82

2017

5. Laws Facilitating Gun Carrying and Homicide
   American Journal of Public Health, 2017, 107, (12), 1864-1865 View citations (3)

2015

6. Empirical Evaluation of Law: The Dream and the Nightmare
   American Law and Economics Review, 2015, 17, (2), 313-360 View citations (2)

2014

7. An Empirical Evaluation of the Connecticut Death Penalty System Since 1973: Are There Unlawful Racial, Gender, and Geographic Disparities?
   Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 2014, 11, (4), 637-696 View citations (2)

2013

8. Substance vs. Sideshows in the More Guns, Less Crime Debate: A Comment on Moody, Lott, and Marvell
   Econ Journal Watch, 2013, 10, (1), 32-39

2012

9. Erratum
   American Law and Economics Review, 2012, 14, (2), 601-602

2011

10. Assessing Post‐ADA Employment: Some Econometric Evidence and Policy Considerations
    Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 2011, 8, (3), 477-503
11. The Impact of Right-to-Carry Laws and the NRC Report: Lessons for the Empirical Evaluation of Law and Policy
    American Law and Economics Review, 2011, 13, (2), 565-631 View citations (13)

2010

12. The Politics of Judicial Opposition
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2010, 166, (1), 108-114

2009

13. Estimating the Impact of the Death Penalty on Murder
    American Law and Economics Review, 2009, 11, (2), 249-309 View citations (12)
14. More Guns, Less Crime Fails Again: The Latest Evidence from 1977–2006
    Econ Journal Watch, 2009, 6, (2), 218-238 View citations (13)
15. The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Teen Childbearing
    American Law and Economics Review, 2009, 11, (1), 24-46 View citations (11)
16. Yet Another Refutation of the More Guns, Less Crime Hypothesis—With Some Help From Moody and Marvell
    Econ Journal Watch, 2009, 6, (1), 35-59 View citations (8)

2008

17. Measurement Error, Legalized Abortion, and the Decline in Crime: A Response to Foote and Goetz
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008, 123, (1), 425-440 View citations (51)

2007

18. Studying Labor Market Institutions in the Lab: Minimum Wages, Employment Protection, and Workfare. Comment
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2007, 163, (1), 46-51 View citations (1)
19. The Impact of Damage Caps on Malpractice Claims: Randomization Inference with Difference‐in‐Differences
    Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 2007, 4, (1), 69-102 View citations (11)

2006

20. Letter: A Reply to Rubin on the Death Penalty
    The Economists' Voice, 2006, 3, (5), 3 View citations (1)
21. The Costs of Wrongful-Discharge Laws
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2006, 88, (2), 211-231 View citations (183)
    See also Working Paper The Costs of Wrongful-Discharge Laws, NBER Working Papers (2003) View citations (40) (2003)
22. The Death Penalty: No Evidence for Deterrence
    The Economists' Voice, 2006, 3, (5), 6 View citations (8)
23. The Discretion of Judges and Corporate Executives: An Insider's View of the Disney Case
    The Economists' Voice, 2006, 3, (8), 3

2004

24. Clinton and Bush's Report Cards on Crime Reduction: The Data Show Bush Policies Are Undermining Clinton Gains
    The Economists' Voice, 2004, 1, (1), 10 View citations (1)
25. Further Evidence that Legalized Abortion Lowered Crime: A Reply to Joyce
    Journal of Human Resources, 2004, 39, (1) View citations (72)
    See also Working Paper Further Evidence that Legalized Abortion Lowered Crime: A Reply to Joyce, NBER Working Papers (2003) View citations (19) (2003)
26. The Employment Consequences of Wrongful-Discharge Laws: Large, Small, or None at All?
    American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (2), 440-446 View citations (64)

2002

27. The Schooling of Southern Blacks: The Roles of Legal Activism and Private Philanthropy, 1910–1960
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2002, 117, (1), 225-268 View citations (28)

2001

28. The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2001, 116, (2), 379-420 View citations (288)
    See also Working Paper The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime, NBER Working Papers (2000) View citations (15) (2000)
29. The Impact of Race on Policing and Arrests
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2001, 44, (2), 367-94 View citations (55)

1999

30. Nondiscretionary Concealed Weapons Laws: A Case Study of Statistics, Standards of Proof, and Public Policy [Review Article]
    American Law and Economics Review, 1999, 1, (1-2), 436-70 View citations (10)

1998

31. Allocating Resources among Prisons and Social Programs in the Battle against Crime
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 1998, 27, (1), 1-43 View citations (76)
32. Guns, Violence, and the Efficiency of Illegal Markets
    American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (2), 463-67 View citations (25)

1995

33. The Selection of Employment Discrimination Disputes for Litigation: Using Business Cycle Effects to Test the Priest-Klein Hypothesis
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 1995, 24, (2), 427-62 View citations (36)

1994

34. Rethinking the progressive agenda: The reform of the American regulatory state, by Susan Rose-Ackerman. New York: The Free Press, 1992, 301 pp. Price: $24.95 cloth
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1994, 13, (1), 192-197
35. The Effect of Joint and Several Liability on the Settlement Rate--Mathematical Symmetries and Metaissues about Rational Litigant Behavior: Comment
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 1994, 23, (1), 543-58 View citations (4)

1991

36. Continuous versus Episodic Change: The Impact of Civil Rights Policy on the Economic Status of Blacks
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1991, 29, (4), 1603-43 View citations (233)
    See also Working Paper Continuous Versus Episodic Change: The Impact of Civil Rights Policy on the Economic Status of Blacks, NBER Working Papers (1991) View citations (221) (1991)

Edited books

2013

1. Law and Economics of Discrimination
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing

2007

2. Economics of Labor and Employment Law, vol Two volume set
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing

Chapters

2010

1. Rethinking America's Illegal Drug Policy
   A chapter in Controlling Crime: Strategies and Tradeoffs, 2010, pp 215-281
   See also Working Paper Rethinking America's Illegal Drug Policy, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (8) (2011)

2007

2. Antidiscrimination Law
   Elsevier View citations (3)