10/09/2006
About Me
Amazed how lucky I am that I have had jobs where I could just think about whatever I wanted to think about. This summer I will be moving to the University of Maryland. Previously I held positions at the University of Chicago, Yale University, Stanford, UCLA, Wharton, and Rice and was the chief economist at the United States Sentencing Commission during 1988 and 1989. I have published over 90 articles in academic journals. I received my Ph.D. in economics from UCLA in 1984.
E-mail: johnrlott@aol.com
Academic Papers
- Terms of Use
Copyright 2005 by John R. Lott, Jr. All rights reserved
My Op-eds
Reviews of Freedomnomics
Previous Posts
- Homeowner Stops Two Robbers
- Democrat in Wyoming who supports Vermont/Alaska ty...
- CT Mayor Carries Concealed Handgun in City Offices...
- Why Publicly Owned Companies Usually Lose Money
- Film Clip from Mine Your Own Business (film on env...
- ABC's coverage of the Foley/Congressional Page Sto...
- More on whether teachers should be able to carry g...
- In at least one very tight congressional race the ...
- Detailed information on teachers carrying guns
- "Teacher Hacked to Death in Mexican City"
Book Reviews
- For a list of book reviews on The Bias Against Guns, click here.
Interesting Past Topics
-Research finding a drop in violent crime rates from Right-to-carry laws
-Ranking Economists
-National Academies of Science Panel on Firearms
-Baghdad murder rate
-Arming Pilots
-Appalachian law school attack
-Sources for Defensive Gun Uses
-The Merced Pitchfork Killings
-Fraudulent website pretending to be run by me
-Steve Levitt's Correction Letter
-Ian Ayres and John Donohue
-Other issues regarding Steve Levitt
-General discussion of my 1997 and 2002 surveys as well as related surveys
-Problems with Wikipedia
-Errata for Gun Books
Links
Economist and Law Professor David D. Friedman's Blog
Economist Robert G. Hansen's Blog
A debate that I had with George Mason University's Robert Ehrlich on guns
Lyonette Louis-Jacques's page on Firearms Regulation Worldwide
An interview concerning More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws
The End of Myth: An Interview with Dr. John Lott
Art DeVany's website, one of the more innovative economists in the last few decades
St. Cloud State University Scholars
Bryan Caplan at George Mason University
Alphecca -- weekly review on the media's coverage of guns
Xrlq -- Some interesting coverage of the law.
Career Police Officer
Gun Law News
Georgia Right-to-Carry
Darnell's The Independent Conservative Blog
Clayton Cramer's Blog
My hidden mathematical ability (a math professor with the same name)
geekwitha45
My Old AEI Web Page
Wrightwing's blog
Al Lowe's blog
St. Maximos' Hut
Dad29
Sonya Jones takes on the Enviros
Eric Rasmusen
William Sjostrom
Dr. T's EconLinks.com
Interview with National Review Online
Data
- Johnlott.org
(description of book, downloadable data sets, and discussions of previous controversies)
Updated Media Analysis of Appalachian Law School Attack
Journal of Legal Studies paper on spoiled ballots during the 2000 Presidential Election
Data set from USA Today, STATA 7.0 data set
"Do" File for some of the basic regressions from the paper
More Books of Mine
Straight Shooting: Firearms, Economics and Public Policy
Are Predatory Commitments Credible? Who Should the Courts Believe?
3 Comments:
Mr. Lott,
I agree athletes are targets, but so are we all. Their lives are not worth more than mine. Here in NJ it is impossible to get a carry permit, and in our homes we have a duty to retreat before we can shoot. Don Imus is a well known radio guy. He lives in NY & Conn., two notorious anti gun places, but he has a carry permit because of who he is. it isn't fair.
George Mills
Lake Hopatcong, NJ
mills1247@hotmail.com
Thanks, George. I didn't realize that I was arguing only that professional athletes need protection. I agree that other people are also victims of crime and also should be able to protect themselves and their loved ones.
"we carry weapons, we get the permits." I wonder how many of those actually involved in the shootings have carry permits.
Post a Comment
Links to this post:
Create a Link
<< Home