Books written by Philip J. Cook
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The Winner-take-all Society: Why the Few at the Top Get So Much More Than the Rest of Us
Mansfield , E. , M. Schwartz , and S. Wagner . “ Imitation Costs and Patents : An Empirical Study . ” Economic Journal 91 ( December 1981 ) : 907–18 . Marantz , Steve . “ Fehr and Ravitch on the Campaign Trail .
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Paying the Tab: The Costs and Benefits of Alcohol Control
'Paying the Tab', a comprehensive analysis of this complex policy issue, calls for broadening our approach to curbing destructive drinking.
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Paying the Tab: The Costs and Benefits of Alcohol Control
Report prepared for the U.S. Department of Defense (Cooperative Agreement No. DAMD17–00–2-0057), RTI Report 7841–006-FR. Research Triangle Park, NC: Research Triangle Institute. Bray, Robert M., and Mary Ellen Marsden. (2000).
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The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know®
In Social Trends in American Life: Findings from the General Social Survey since 1972, edited by Peter V. Marsden, 146–73. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Wright, James D., and Peter H. Rossi. 1986.
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Gun Violence: The Real Costs
Kennedy, David M., Anne M. Piehl, and Anthony A. Braga. 1996. Youth Violence in Boston: Gun Markets, ... Kuby, Alma M., Lauris Imhof, and HeeChoon Shin. 1999. ... M. R. Gold, J. E. Siegel, J. B. Russell, and M. C. Weinstein, 214–46.
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Selling Hope: State Lotteries in America
... 163-175 ; Barry M. Katz , " Lotteries — The Consideration Requirement , " Missouri Law Review 37 ( Winter 1972 ) , 143-149 . 44. Henry Chafetz , Play the Devil ( New York : Clarkson N. Potter , 1960 ) , p . 383 ; David Weinstein and ...
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The Winner-take-all Society: Why the Few at the Top Get So Much More Than the Rest of Us
Why does the top one per cent of the population capture such a disproportionate amount of the wealth?
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The Winner-take-all Society: How More and More Americans Compete for Ever Fewer and Bigger Prizes, Encouraging Economic Waste, Income Inequality,...
Argues that disproportionate rewards are distorting society
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Selling Hope: State Lotteries in America
With its huge jackpots and heartwarming rags-to-riches stories, the lottery has become the hope and dream of millions of Americans--and the fastest-growing source of state revenue. Despite its popularity, however,...
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The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know®
This book is a must-read for anyone interested in getting a clear view of the issues surrounding guns and gun policy in America. What Everyone Needs to Know® is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press.
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Evaluating Gun Policy: Effects on Crime and Violence
The chapters in this volume do not conform neatly to the claims of any one political position. The book is divided into five parts.
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Controlling Crime: Strategies and Tradeoffs
An Analytic Assessment of U.S. Drug Policy. Washington, DC: AEI Press. Brice, Arthur. 2009. “Argentina Ruling Would Allow Personal Use of ... Response to the National Research Council's Controlling Cocaine Study. Santa Monica, CA: RAND ...
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Gun Violence: The Real Costs
This urgently needed book documents for the first time how gun violence diminishes the quality of life for everyone in America.
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Gun Violence: The Real Costs
In the 1890s, Wells focused her eloquence on the horrors of lynching, exposing it as a widespread form of racial terrorism. Backing strong words with strong actions, she.
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The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know
Written in question-and-answer format, the book will help readers make sense of the ideologically driven statistics and slogans that characterize our national conversation on firearms."--Publisher's description.
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The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know®
This book is a must-read for anyone interested in getting a clear view of the issues surrounding guns and gun policy in America"--
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Policing Gun Violence: Strategic Reforms for Controlling Our Most Pressing Crime Problem
Drawing on deterrence theory,16 gun violence can be reduced when prospec- tive offenders perceive the risks of illegally carrying guns in public places to exceed any rewards of doing so when police are frisking suspicious persons for ...
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Lessons from the Economics of Crime: What Reduces Offending?
The contributors to this volume draw on all three of these approaches in their investigations and discuss the policy implications of their findings.
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Paying the Tab: The Costs and Benefits of Alcohol Control
Every American is paying for alcohol abuse. Paying the Tab, the first comprehensive analysis of this complex policy issue, calls for broadening our approach to curbing destructive drinking.
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The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know®
This book is a must-read for anyone interested in getting a clear view of the issues surrounding guns and gun policy in America.