Faculty

Richard Boylan
Associate Professor of Economics

Baker Hall 266C
Ph: 713.348.2386
Fax: 713.348.5278
Email: rboylan@rice.edu

Curriculum Vitae

 

 
EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1991

   
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Law and economics, political economy.
   
WORKING PAPERS AND FORTHCOMING PAPERS:

“Judicial discrimination,” 2006.

“Paying the CEO: The Integrity Reputation Premium” (with Anderson & Reeb), 2006.

Incorporating fairness in generalized games of matching pennies.” 2006.

“Balanced-budget rules and state responses to permanent and transitory shocks”, 2005.

“Fiscal Federalism and the war on drugs.” 2005.

   
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

"What do prosecutors maximize? Evidence from the careers of U.S. attorneys," American Law and Economics Review. 2005.

"Salaries, Plea Rates, and the Career Objectives of Federal Prosecutors," (With Long) Journal of Law and Economics. 2005.

"Salaries, Turnover, and Performance in the Federal Criminal Justice System," Journal of Law and Economics. 2004.

"Do the Sentencing Guidelines Influence the Composition of Federal Judges?" Journal of Legal Studies. 2004.

"A Survey of State House Reporters' Perception of Public Corruption,'' (With Long) State Politics and Policy Quarterly. 2003.

"Private Bills: A Theoretical and Empirical Study of Lobbying," Public Choice. March 2002.

"An Optimal Auction Perspective on Lobbying,'' Social Choice and Welfare. 2000.

"Coalition-Proof Implementation," Journal of Economic Theory. 1998.