John Donohue
C. Wendell and Edith M. Carlsmith Professor and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Stanford Law School
Academic Appointments
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Professor, Stanford Law School
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Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (1996 - Present)
2024-25 Courses
- Contracts
LAW 205 (Aut) - Law and Economics Seminar (A)
LAW 7506 (Aut) - Statistical Inference in Law
LAW 7512 (Win) -
Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- Contracts
LAW 205 (Aut) - Regulating Firearms
LAW 2021 (Win) - Statistical Inference in Law
LAW 7512 (Win)
2022-23 Courses
- Contracts
LAW 205 (Aut) - Externship, Special Circumstances
LAW 884 (Aut) - Law and Economics Seminar
ECON 354 (Aut) - Law and Economics Seminar I
LAW 7506 (Aut) - Optimal Size and Scope of Government
LAW 7099 (Win) - Statistical Inference in Law
LAW 7512 (Win)
2021-22 Courses
- Law and Economics Seminar
ECON 354 (Aut) - Law and Economics Seminar I
LAW 7506 (Aut) - Law and Economics of the Death Penalty Seminar
LAW 7505 (Aut) - Statistical Inference in Law
LAW 7512 (Win)
- Contracts
All Publications
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The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime over the Last Two Decades
AMERICAN LAW AND ECONOMICS REVIEW
2020; 22 (2): 241–302
View details for DOI 10.1093/aler/ahaa008
View details for Web of Science ID 000612526000001
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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 details for DOI 10.1111/jels.12219
View details for Web of Science ID 000467977700001
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Saving lives by regulating guns: Evidence for policy Despite obstacles, research is clarifying gun-policy impacts
SCIENCE
2017; 358 (6368): 1259–61
View details for DOI 10.1126/science.aar3067
View details for Web of Science ID 000417254700041
View details for PubMedID 29217559
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COMEY, TRUMP, AND THE PUZZLING PATTERN OF CRIME IN 2015 AND BEYOND
COLUMBIA LAW REVIEW
2017; 117 (5): 1297–1354
View details for Web of Science ID 000403627400007
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Empirical Evaluation of Law: The Dream and the Nightmare
AMERICAN LAW AND ECONOMICS REVIEW
2015; 17 (2): 313-360
View details for DOI 10.1093/aler/ahv007
View details for Web of Science ID 000366373600001
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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 details for DOI 10.1111/jels.12052
View details for Web of Science ID 000344458600003
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The Road to Abolition? The Future of Capital Punishment in the United States (Book Review)
THEORETICAL CRIMINOLOGY
2011; 15 (1): 104–6
View details for DOI 10.1177/13624806110150010603
View details for Web of Science ID 000288009500008
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Uses and abuses of empirical evidence in the death penalty debate
STANFORD LAW REVIEW
2005; 58 (3): 791-845
View details for Web of Science ID 000235103100004
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The schooling of southern blacks: The roles of legal activism and private philanthropy, 1910-1960
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS
2002; 117 (1): 225-268
View details for Web of Science ID 000173476500007
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The impact of legalized abortion on crime
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS
2001; 116 (2): 379-420
View details for Web of Science ID 000168517400001
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Allocating resources among prisons and social programs in the battle against crime
JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES
1998; 27 (1): 1-43
View details for Web of Science ID 000072243900001
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THE CHANGING NATURE OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION LITIGATION
STANFORD LAW REVIEW
1991; 43 (5): 983-1033
View details for Web of Science ID A1991FU75900001
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A panel-based proxy for gun prevalence in US and Mexico
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF LAW AND ECONOMICS
2022; 71
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.irle.2022.106080
View details for Web of Science ID 000827375300002
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Increasing Murders but Overall Lower Crime Suggests a Growing Gun Problem.
American journal of public health
2022: e1-e3
View details for DOI 10.2105/AJPH.2022.306785
View details for PubMedID 35324267
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More Gun Carrying, More Violent Crime
ECON JOURNAL WATCH
2018; 15 (1): 67-+
View details for Web of Science ID 000425499800006
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Laws Facilitating Gun Carrying and Homicide
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
2017; 107 (12): 1864–65
View details for PubMedID 29116839
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Testing the Immunity of the Firearm Industry to Tort Litigation
JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE
2017; 177 (1): 102-105
Abstract
In the absence of congressional action to reinstate the federal ban on assault weapons, tort litigation offers an alternative strategy for regulating what have become the weapons of choice in mass shootings. However, opportunities to bring successful claims are limited. To prevail, plaintiffs must show that their suit fits within exceptions to the broad immunity from tort actions that Congress gave the firearm industry in the 2005 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. In one particularly high-profile lawsuit, families of victims of the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012 sued the makers and sellers of the military-style rifle used in the attack, alleging negligence and deceptive marketing. The trial court dismissed the case on October 14, 2016, but the plaintiffs plan to appeal. We review the history of tort litigation against the firearm industry, outline the Newtown families' claims, and describe the decision.
View details for DOI 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.7043
View details for Web of Science ID 000392196200023
View details for PubMedID 27842188
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Current Scope and State of Nationally Compiled Crime Data
MODERNIZING CRIME STATISTICS: REPORT 1-DEFINING AND CLASSIFYING CRIME
2016: 31–84
View details for Web of Science ID 000459384000003
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Historical and Extant Classifications of Crime
MODERNIZING CRIME STATISTICS: REPORT 1-DEFINING AND CLASSIFYING CRIME
2016: 103–15
View details for Web of Science ID 000459384000005
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Charge to the Panel on Modernizing the Nation's Crime Statistics
MODERNIZING CRIME STATISTICS: REPORT 1-DEFINING AND CLASSIFYING CRIME
2016: 171–73
View details for Web of Science ID 000459384000007
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Participants in the Panel's Workshop-Style Meetings and Regular Sessions
MODERNIZING CRIME STATISTICS: REPORT 1-DEFINING AND CLASSIFYING CRIME
2016: 175–81
View details for Web of Science ID 000459384000008
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Proposed Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes
MODERNIZING CRIME STATISTICS: REPORT 1-DEFINING AND CLASSIFYING CRIME
2016: 117–57
View details for Web of Science ID 000459384000006
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Alternative and Example Classifications of Crime
MODERNIZING CRIME STATISTICS: REPORT 1-DEFINING AND CLASSIFYING CRIME
2016: 183–201
View details for Web of Science ID 000459384000009
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Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff
MODERNIZING CRIME STATISTICS: REPORT 1-DEFINING AND CLASSIFYING CRIME
2016: 259–66
View details for Web of Science ID 000459384000010
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Users (and Uses) of Crime Statistics
MODERNIZING CRIME STATISTICS: REPORT 1-DEFINING AND CLASSIFYING CRIME
2016: 85–102
View details for Web of Science ID 000459384000004
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MODERNIZING CRIME STATISTICS Report 1-Defining and Classifying Crime Summary
MODERNIZING CRIME STATISTICS: REPORT 1-DEFINING AND CLASSIFYING CRIME
2016: 1-+
View details for Web of Science ID 000459384000001
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Introduction: Crime Statistics in the United States
MODERNIZING CRIME STATISTICS: REPORT 1-DEFINING AND CLASSIFYING CRIME
2016: 9–29
View details for Web of Science ID 000459384000002
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Substance vs. Sideshows in the More Guns, Less Crime Debate: A Comment on Moody, Lott, and Marvell
ECON JOURNAL WATCH
2013; 10 (1): 32-?
View details for Web of Science ID 000314357100004
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Drug Prohibition and Its Alternatives
Workshop on Lessons from the Economics of Crime - What Works in Reducing Offending
MIT PRESS. 2013: 45–66
View details for Web of Science ID 000345697800003
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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): 565-632
View details for DOI 10.1093/aler/ahr009
View details for Web of Science ID 000296995300006
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Assessing Post-ADA Employment: Some Econometric Evidence and Policy Considerations
JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL LEGAL STUDIES
2011; 8 (3): 477-503
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1740-1461.2011.01217.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000293412500002
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The employment consequences of wrongful-discharge laws: Large, small, or none at all?
AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
2004; 94 (2): 440-446
View details for Web of Science ID 000222423100080
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Further evidence that legalized abortion lowered crime - A reply to joyce
JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCES
2004; 39 (1): 29-49
View details for Web of Science ID 000220137500002
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A clarification on data availability
SCIENCE
2003; 301 (5641): 1849
View details for Web of Science ID 000185536700022
View details for PubMedID 14512606
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The latest misfires in support of the "more guns, less crime" hypothesis
STANFORD LAW REVIEW
2003; 55 (4): 1371-1398
View details for Web of Science ID 000182946200005
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Shooting down the "more guns, less crime" hypothesis
STANFORD LAW REVIEW
2003; 55 (4): 1193-1312
View details for Web of Science ID 000182946200003
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The impact of race on policing and arrests
JOURNAL OF LAW & ECONOMICS
2001; 44 (2): 367-394
View details for Web of Science ID 000171903300002
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Understanding the reasons for and impact of legislatively mandated benefits for selected workers
STANFORD LAW REVIEW
2001; 53 (4): 897-914
View details for Web of Science ID 000168598200003
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Understanding the time path of crime
JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW & CRIMINOLOGY
1998; 88 (4): 1423-1451
View details for Web of Science ID 000080162100009
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Guns, violence, and the efficiency of illegal markets
110th Annual Meeting of the American-Economic-Association
AMER ECONOMIC ASSOC. 1998: 463–67
View details for Web of Science ID 000073658200087
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Did Miranda diminish police effectiveness?
STANFORD LAW REVIEW
1998; 50 (4): 1147-1180
View details for Web of Science ID 000074312400002
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THE IMPACT OF FEDERAL CIVIL-RIGHTS POLICY ON THE ECONOMIC-STATUS OF BLACKS
HARVARD JOURNAL OF LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY
1991; 14 (1): 41-52
View details for Web of Science ID A1991EZ37200006