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November 8, 2006 Curriculum Vitae JOHN R. LOTT, JR. HOME ADDRESS: 5401 Duxford Pl., Burke, VA 22015 TELEPHONE: Cell Telephone: (484) 802-5373 Home: (703) 986-3215 E-MAIL: [email protected] MARITAL STATUS: Married, five children BIRTH DATE: May 8, 1958 PLACE: Detroit, Michigan CITIZENSHIP: USA DEGREES: Ph.D.: UCLA, September 1984, Economics MA: UCLA, 1982, Economics BA: UCLA, 1980, Economics, Magna cum laude DISSERTATION: “Alternative Explanations for Public Provision of Education” CHAIRMAN: Harold Demsetz RANKINGS: Listed in “Who’s Who in Economics” by Mark Blaug and Howard Vane. Number five among Economics, Law, and Business researchers in terms of life time downloads of papers at the Social Science Research Network Worldwide Rankings of Economists and Economics Departments: 1969-2000 by Tom Coupe lists me 26th worldwide in terms of quality adjusted total academic journal output, 4th in terms of total research output, and 86th in terms of citations. AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS: Senior Research Scholar, School of Law, Yale University __ September 1999 to August 2001. 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. The John M. Olin Visiting 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. The John M. Olin 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. John R. Lott, Jr. Page 2 WORK EXPERIENCE: The Dean’s Visting Professor, State University of New York at Binghamton – August 2006 to July 2007. Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute __ September 2001 to April 2006. Senior Research Scholar, School of Law, Yale University __ September 1999 to August 2001. 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. The John M. Olin Visiting 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. The John M. Olin 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. FIELDS OF INTEREST FOR RESEARCH: Law and Economics, Public Choice, Industrial Organization, Labor, Public Finance, Microeconomic Theory, Environmental Regulation John R. Lott, Jr. Page 3 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 OTHER AFFILIATIONS: Adjunct Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, January 1995 to August 2001. Member, The Mont Pelerin Society, September 1990 to present. Associate, Political Economy Research Center, March 1987 to present. Member, National Policy Forum, Economic Growth and Workplace Opportunity, January 1994 to 1996. EDITORIAL ACTIVITY AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS: Coeditor, Economic Inquiry, November 1996 to August 1998. Editorial Board, Regulation, July 1989 to present. Editorial Board, Public Choice, March 1994 to December 2003. Editorial Board, Managerial and Decision Economics, January 1994 to July 1998. Co-editor, Special Issue of Journal of Law and Economics on Penalties: Public and Private, 1999. 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. OTHER ACTIVITIES (UNPAID): Wrote the Statistical Report for the Minority members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on the “Probe of Election Practices in Florida During the 2000 Presidential Election.” Served as a Statistical expert for USA Today in evaluating the precinct level data that they had put together after the Florida Presidential Election in 2000. Advisor to the Allied Pilots Association and the Airline Pilots Security Alliance on the issue of arming pilots in the cockpit: January 2002 to present. Served as the statistical expert for the challenge by Senator Mitch McConnell against McCain-Feingold campaign finance regulations. OTHER ACTIVITIES (PAID): Consultant, Federal Trade Commission, April 17, 2002 to July 1, 2003. John R. Lott, Jr. Page 4 BOOKS: Uncertainty and Economic Evolution: Essays in Honor of Armen Alchian, edited volume, Routledge Press: New York (1997). More Guns, Less Crime: Analyzing Crime and Gun Control Laws, University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois (1998), translated into Portuguese (1999) and Russian (2004). Second edition published 2000. Are Predatory Commitments Credible?: Who Should the Courts Believe?, University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois (1999). The Bias Against Guns: Why Almost Everything You've Heard About Gun Control Is Wrong, Regnery Press, Washington, DC (2003). Confirmation Trials: Causes and Consequences of Judicial Selection Battles, AEI Press, Washington, DC (2006). Individual Reputations: Crime, Politics, and Professions, University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois (under contract). PUBLICATIONS: 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, reprinted in The Economics of Corruption and Illegal Markets, edited by Gianluca Fiorentini and Stefano Zamagni, Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, forthcoming. (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, reprinted in The Economics of Corruption and Illegal Markets, edited by Gianluca Fiorentini and Stefano Zamagni, Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, forthcoming. John R. Lott, Jr. Page 5 LAW AND ECONOMICS (CONTINUED): (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