James T. Hamilton, Charles S. Sydnor Professor of Public Policy; Professor of Political Science and Economics and Director, DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy  

Office Location: 143 Sanford Bldg
Office Phone: (919) 613-7358
Email Address: jayth@duke.edu

Areas of Expertise

  • Environment, Environmental Law, Regulation and Policy
  • Media and Communications
    • Economics of media
    • TV Violence

Education:
PhD, Harvard University, 1991
B.A. Summa Cum Laude, Harvard University, 1983

Research Categories: Environment and Media

Research Description: Research: Media; environmental policy; economics of regulation

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Scott de Marchi and J.T. Hamilton. You Are What You Choose: The Habits of Mind that Really Determine How We Make Decisions. New York: Portfolio (Penguin Group), 2009.
  2. J.T. Hamilton. Conserving Data in the Conservation Reserve Program: How a Regulatory Program Runs on Imperfect Information. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future Press, Forthcoming January 2010.
  3. J.T. Hamilton. "News That Sells: Media Competition and News Content." Japanese Journal of Political Science 8.1 (2007): 7-42.
  4. J.T. Hamilton. Regulation Through Revelation: The Origin and Impacts of the Toxics Release Inventory Program. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  5. J.T. Hamilton. "The Market and the Media." Institutions of American Democracy: The Press. Ed. Overholser and Jamieson Oxford University Press, 2005

Curriculum Vitae

Bio/Profile
James “Jay” Hamilton is the Charles S. Sydnor Professor of Public Policy at Duke University, as well as a professor of economics and political science. In 2004, he became director of undergraduate studies in the public policy department. Hamilton’s scholarly work and numerous publications reflect his interests in the economics of regulation, public choice/political economy, environmental policy and the media.

Hamilton joined Duke’s faculty in 1991 and has held a number of titles since then including Oscar L. Tang Family Professor of Public Policy, Economics, and Political Science (2003-04), assistant director of Sanford Institute (2001-2002) and director of the Duke Program on Violence and the Media (1993-2000).

He has written or coauthored six books, including All the News That’s Fit to Sell: How the Market Transforms Information into News; and Regulation Through Revelation: The Origin and Impacts of the Toxics Release Inventory Program.

For his accomplishments in teaching and research, Hamilton has received awards such as the David N. Kershaw Award from the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (2001), the Kennedy School of Government’s Goldsmith Book Prize from the Shorenstein Center (1999), and Trinity College’s (Duke) Distinguished Teaching Award (1993).

Hamilton earned a BA in economics and government in 1983 anda PhD in economics in 1991, both from Harvard.

James T. Hamilton