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 Allowed?"
Reasoning:

No position found as of Feb. 25, 2013

Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to death penalty issues. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to death penalty issues.
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?