Last updated on: 8/6/2013 | Author: ProCon.org

Paul H. Rubin, PhD Biography

Title:
Professor of Economics at Emory University
Position:
None Found to the question "Should the Death Penalty Be Legal?"
Reasoning:

No position found as of Feb. 25, 2013

Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Blogger, “Truth on the Market” website, 2011-present
  • Advisory Board, Genoil, 2010-present
  • Editor In Chief, Managerial and Decision Economics, 1994-present
  • Professor of Economics, Emory University, 1991-present
  • Distinguished Visiting Scholar, George Mason University, Fall 2003
  • Vice President, Glassman-Oliver Economic Consultants, 1987-1991
  • Adjunct Professor of Economics, George Washington University Law Center, 1985-1989
  • Chief Economist, US Consumer Product Safety Commission, 1985-1987
  • Director of Advertising Economics, US Federal Trade Commission, 1983-85
  • Professor of Economics, City University of New York, 1982-1983
  • Senior Economist, President’s Council of Economic Advisers, 1981-82
  • Professor of Economics, University of Georgia, 1968-1982
Education:
  • PhD, Economics, Purdue University, 1970
  • BA, honors, University of Cincinnati, 1963
Other:
  • Affiliated with the Cato Institute (2002-2008), American Enterprise Institute (1992-present), Independent Institute (2002-present), and Technology Policy Institute (2008-present)
  • President, Southern Economic Association, 2012-2013
  • Member of the editorial boards of Public Choice, Regulation, Journal of Bioeconomics, Evolutionary Psychology: An International Journal of Evolutionary Approaches to Psychology and Behavior, Journal of Pharmaceutical Finance, Economics & Policy, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, FDAReview.Org, and EconJournalWatch
  • Columnist, “Regulation” (published by the Cato Institute), 2006-2008
  • Recipient, Adam Smith Economic Liberty Award, 2004
  • One of the 500 most cited economists from 1975-2000
  • Fellow, Public Choice Society
  • Member, Mont Pelerin Society
  • Member, Institute of Justice task force on “Consumer Freedom”
  • Testified before Congress four times
Quoted in:
  1. Does the Death Penalty Deter Crime?