Selected Presentations & Appearances
The Gun Debate
· May 8, 2014
Lecture
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
The economics of illegal gun markets
· February 16, 2014
Lecture
Chicago, IL
The Great American Gun War
· December 13, 2013
Lecture
New York University
The Dubious Role of Research-Based Evidence in the Gun Debate
· November 18, 2013
Lecture
Harvard University Program in Criminal Justice Policy
Birthdays, Schooling and Crime
· November 8, 2013
Lecture
University College, London
The Great American Gun War
· October 23, 2013
Lecture
UNC Greensboro
Birthdays, schooling and crime
· October 4, 2013
Lecture
Frankfurt, Germany
Crime and injury effects of the federal alcohol excise tax increase of 1991
· September 26, 2013
Lecture
Atlanta, GA
Private action for crime prevention
· May 21, 2013
Lecture
Hebrew University Institute of Criminology
The case for using Cost-Benefit Analysis in criminal justice evaluations
· May 20, 2013
Lecture
Israeli Prison Service, Ramla, Israel
Reducing public costs of crime via private action: BIDs
· February 16, 2013
Lecture
Boston
Birthdays, schooling, and crime
· February 1, 2013
Lecture
UNC Charlotte Economics Department
Private action to prevent crime
· January 24, 2013
Lecture
Vera Institute of Justice, Washington DC
The great American gun war
· December 3, 2012
Lecture
Georgetown Institute of Public Policy
Private self-protection and crime control
· October 18, 2012
Lecture
University of Pennsylvania Law School
The Virtuous Tax
· October 10, 2012
Lecture
Cornell University, Department of Policy Analysis and Management
Cost of the Death Penalty in North Carolina
· September 27, 2012
Lecture
University of Maryland
Alcohol Prices: Fitting the Need
· September 6, 2012
Lecture
Provo, Utah
Perspectives on Gun Violence
· April 26, 2012
Lecture
University of Minnesota Law School
Calibrating effect sizes
· April 24, 2012
Lecture
University of Maryland
Public safety through private action
· April 12, 2012
Lecture
Southern Illinois University
Private prevention
· February 6, 2012
Lecture
John Jay College, New York
Economical Crime Control
· December 6, 2011
Lecture
National Institute of Justice
The Virtuous Tax
· November 11, 2011
Lecture
Santiago, Chile
50 states as laboratory: Quasi-experimental panel-data methods
· October 31, 2011
Lecture
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
Lessons from an (un)controlled experiment
· May 3, 2011
Lecture
Jerry Lee Symposium on Criminology and Public Policy
Alcohol and Violence
· April 28, 2011
Lecture
Washington DC
Public safety through private action
· April 25, 2011
Lecture
Vanderbilt Law and Economics Program
Crime and the Business Cycle
· March 10, 2011
Lecture
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
Public safety through private action
· March 5, 2011
Lecture
University of Oregon Department of Economics
Public safety through private action
· February 8, 2011
Lecture
Harvard Law and Economics Workshop
Public safety through private action
· October 9, 2010
Lecture
Bonn, Germany
The Scientific and Intuitive Case for Higher Alcohol Taxes
· September 22, 2010
Lecture
Helsinki, Finland
The case for and against preserving a minimum drinking age of 21
· May 19, 2010
Lecture
Duke University
Private inputs into public safety
· March 30, 2010
Lecture
Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, Surrey
Private inputs into crime control
· February 4, 2010
Lecture
Economics Department, University of Virginia
Gun control after Heller
· December 4, 2009
Lecture
Emory University Department of Economics
Post-Heller Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence
· March 24, 2009
Lecture
Villanova University
School Crime
· March 9, 2009
Lecture
University of Maryland
Benefits of Crime Reduction
· March 5, 2009
Lecture
National Academy of Sciences
Paying the Tab
· March 4, 2009
Lecture
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Lessons from Alcohol Control Research
· February 20, 2009
Lecture
San Diego, California
Paying the Tab
· February 13, 2009
Lecture
University of Maryland
Sussmilch Lecture: Estimating the effects of alcohol taxation on mortality
· December 16, 2008
Lecture
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
Paying the Tab: The case for higher alcohol taxes
· December 3, 2008
Lecture
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
The New Second Amendment
· October 13, 2008
Lecture
Virginia Tech Department of Economics
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Crime
· June 25, 2008
Lecture
Washington DC
Paying the Tab: The case for raising the alcohol excise tax
· April 23, 2008
Lecture
Rutgers University School of Social Work
Alcohol and Tobacco Taxes as Public Health Measures
· March 31, 2008
Lecture
Washington DC: American Medical Assn President's Forum
Paying the Tab: The case for higher alcohol taxes
· February 14, 2008
Lecture
Johns Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies