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John R. Lott
Researcher at University of Chicago
Publications - 116
Citations - 7542
John R. Lott is an academic researcher from University of Chicago. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Voting. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 110 publications receiving 7198 citations. Previous affiliations of John R. Lott include University of Maryland, College Park & University of Pennsylvania.
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Crime, Deterrence, and Right-to-Carry Concealed Handguns
John R. Lott,David B. Mustard +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used cross-sectional time-series data for U.S. counties from 1977 to 1992 to find that allowing citizens to carry concealed weapons deters violent crimes, without increasing accidental deaths.
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The Reputational Penalty Firms Bear from Committing Criminal Fraud
Jonathan M. Karpoff,John R. Lott +1 more
TL;DR: The median and mean ratios of criminal fines to the private loss from private fraud were.14 and.73 in 1988, respectively, for government procurement as discussed by the authors, which is the median ratio of criminal penalties to private losses.
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Did Women's Suffrage Change the Size and Scope of Government?
John R. Lott,Lawrence W. Kenny +1 more
TL;DR: The authors examined the growth of government during this century as a result of giving women the right to vote using cross-sectional time-series data for 1870-1940 and examined state government expenditures and revenue as well as voting by U.S. House and Senate state delegations.
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The Reputational Penalties for Environmental Violations: Empirical Evidence
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the sizes of the penalties, damage awards, remediation costs, and market value losses imposed on companies that violate environmental regulations and found that firms violating environmental laws suffer statistically significant losses in the market value of firm equity.
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The reputational penalties for environmental violations: empirical evidence
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the sizes of the penalties, damage awards, remediation costs, and market value losses imposed on companies that violate environmental regulations and found that the losses are of similar magnitudes to the legal penalties imposed, and in the cross section, the market value loss is related to the size of the legal penalty.