Jonathan Klick

- Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Jonathan Klick is the Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. His work focuses on identifying the causal effects of laws and regulations on individual behavior using cutting-edge econometric tools. Specific topics addressed by Klick’s work include the relationship between abortion access and risky sex, the health behaviors of diabetics, the effect of police on crime, addiction as rational choice, how liability exposure affects the labor market for physicians, as well as a host of other issues.
His scholarship has been published in numerous peer-reviewed economics journals, including The Journal of Economic Perspectives, The Journal of Law & Economics, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, and The Journal of Legal Studies. He has also published papers in The Stanford Law Review, The Columbia Law Review, and The University of Chicago Law Review. Jonathan earned a JD from George Mason University School of Law, a PhD in economics from George Mason University, an MA in economics from University of Maryland at College Park, and a BS in Economics from Villanova University.
Latest Work
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The Effect of Private Police on Crime

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The Developmental Effect of State Alcohol Prohibitions at the Turn of the 20th Century

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Appellate Caseload and the Switch to Comparative Negligence

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Discounting and Criminals' Implied Risk Preferences

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Identifying Criminals' Risk Preferences

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Reducing False Guilty Pleas and Wrongful Convictions through Exoneree Compensation

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Forfeiture of Illegal Gains, Attempts, and Implied Risk Preferences

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Valid Inference in Single-Firm, Single-Event Studies

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- | Essays Essays
The Failure of Judges and the Rise of Regulators

Latest Work
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The Effect of Private Police on Crime

- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The Developmental Effect of State Alcohol Prohibitions at the Turn of the 20th Century

- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Appellate Caseload and the Switch to Comparative Negligence

- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Discounting and Criminals' Implied Risk Preferences

- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Identifying Criminals' Risk Preferences

- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Reducing False Guilty Pleas and Wrongful Convictions through Exoneree Compensation

- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Forfeiture of Illegal Gains, Attempts, and Implied Risk Preferences

- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Valid Inference in Single-Firm, Single-Event Studies

- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Essays Essays
The Failure of Judges and the Rise of Regulators

Latest Work
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The Effect of Private Police on Crime

- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The Developmental Effect of State Alcohol Prohibitions at the Turn of the 20th Century

- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Appellate Caseload and the Switch to Comparative Negligence

- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Discounting and Criminals' Implied Risk Preferences

- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Identifying Criminals' Risk Preferences

- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Reducing False Guilty Pleas and Wrongful Convictions through Exoneree Compensation

- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Forfeiture of Illegal Gains, Attempts, and Implied Risk Preferences

- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Valid Inference in Single-Firm, Single-Event Studies

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- | Working Papers Working Papers