Steven D. Levitt, the full name Steven David Levitt, is an American economist whose work has influenced numerous social science disciplines, including political economy<\/a>, sociology, political science, the economics of crime<\/a>, and the study of law. In 2003, he was awarded the American Economic Association<\/a>‘s John Bates Clark Medal<\/a>, which is given yearly to an American economist under the age of 40 whose work has made a significant contribution to the discipline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Levitt established his name as a researcher by employing novel empirical methodologies<\/a> to evaluate data in novel ways. In doing so, he was able to solve long-standing mysteries by demonstrating answers that had previously been difficult to show. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In his paper “The Effect of Prison Population Size on Crime Rates<\/a>: Evidence from Prison Overcrowding Litigation” (1996), for example, he isolated the causal relationship between incarceration rates<\/a> and crime rates, demonstrating that policies that increase prison sentences have a greater effect on reducing crime than previously thought. He is the author of \u2018Freakonomics\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Steve Levitt at Instagram<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Steve Levitt at Facebook<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Steve Levitt at Twitter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Steve Levitt at Linkedin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\nWorks<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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