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Working Papers

2022

1. More Guns, More Unintended Consequences: The Effects of Right-to-Carry on Criminal Behavior and Policing in US Cities
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2019

2. A Panel-based Proxy for Gun Prevalence in the US
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
3. The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime over the Last Two Decades
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
   See also Journal Article in American Law and Economics Review (2020)

2017

4. 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 in Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (2019)

2012

5. 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

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

2006

7. 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)
8. Uses and Abuses of Empirical Evidence in the Death Penalty Debate
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (31)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2006) View citations (19)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (15)

2005

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

2003

10. 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 in Journal of Human Resources (2004)
11. The Costs of Wrongful-Discharge Laws
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (40)
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2006)

2002

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

2000

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

1999

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

1998

15. 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
16. The Impact of Race on Policing, Arrest Patterns, and Crime
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)

1991

17. 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 (206)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Literature (1991)

Undated

18. 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 (2)
   See also Working Paper (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 (13)
   See also Working Paper (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 (2)

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 (9)
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 (7)

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 (48)

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), 1-3 View citations (1)
21. The Costs of Wrongful-Discharge Laws
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2006, 88, (2), 211-231 View citations (153)
    See also Working Paper (2003)
22. The Death Penalty: No Evidence for Deterrence
    The Economists' Voice, 2006, 3, (5), 1-6 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), 1-3

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), 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 (70)
    See also Working Paper (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 (60)

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 (25)

2001

28. The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2001, 116, (2), 379-420 View citations (271)
    See also Working Paper (2000)
29. The Impact of Race on Policing and Arrests
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2001, 44, (2), 367-94 View citations (51)

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 (7)

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 (75)
32. Guns, Violence, and the Efficiency of Illegal Markets
    American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (2), 463-67 View citations (24)

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 (218)
    See also Working Paper (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 (2011)

2007

2. Antidiscrimination Law
   Elsevier View citations (3)