Research Interests for Philip J. Cook

One strand of Dr. Cook's research addresses the prevention of alcohol-related problems through restrictions on alcohol availability. A second strand concerns the economics of crime, with focus on violence. His recent books (with Jens Ludwig) include Gun Violence: The Real Costs (Oxford University Press, 2000), which develops and applies a framework for assessing costs that is grounded in economic theory and is quite at odds with the traditional "COI" framework; and Evaluating Gun Policy (Brookings Institution Press, 2003), an edited collection of original contributions. Dr. Cook has also written on the state lotteries with Charles Clotfelter (Selling Hope: State Lotteries in America, Harvard University Press, 1989), and with Robert H. Frank on the causes and consequences of the growing inequality of earnings (The Winner-Take-All Society, The Free Press, 1995).

Recent Publications

1. P.J. Cook, Q&A on Firearms Availability, Carrying, and Misuse, Government, Law and Policy Journal, vol. 14 no. 1 (Summer, 2012), pp. 77-81, New York State Bar Association
2. P.J. Cook, Alcohol Retail Privatization: A Commentary, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, vol. 42 no. 4 (April, 2012), pp. 430-432
3. P.J. Cook, M O'Brien, A.A. Braga, J. Ludwig, Lessons from a partially controlled field trial, Journal of Experimental Criminology (2012)
4. P.J. Cook, The Impact of Drug Market Pulling Levers Policing on Neighborhood Violence An Evaluation of the High Point Drug Market Intervention, Criminology & Public Policy, vol. 11 no. 2 (2012), pp. 161-164
5. P.J. Cook, Commentary: Evidence from a high-income country, Addiction (2012)