Open AccessSteven D. Levitt: 2003 John Bates Clark Medalist
Author(s) -
James M. Poterba
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the journal of economic perspectives/the journal of economic perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 9.614
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1944-7965
pISSN - 0895-3309
DOI - 10.1257/089533005774357798
Subject(s) - bates , medal , citation , politics , sociology , management , law and economics , economic history , political science , economics , law , art history , history , engineering , aerospace engineering
Steve's Clark Medal citation mentions his path-breaking contributions to the economics of crime and to the political economy of campaign finance. This paper describes Steve's research in each of these areas, as well as his contributions on a range of other topics. It identifies the substantive themes as well as the methodological patterns that run through Steve's research, and it describes the economic issues that have been informed by his analysis.