Background
Plott, Charles Raymond was born on July 8, 1938 in Frederick, Oklahoma, United States. Son of James Charles and Flossie Ann (Bowman) Plott.
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Now in its fourth edition, "Public Policy: Perspectives and Choices" successfully combines a clear explanation of the basic concepts and methods of the policymaking process with a keen focus on how values influence policy choices. The authors first cover the fundamentals: how do issues reach the policy agenda; how are policies crafted and implemented; who pays and who benefits; how is the effectiveness of a policy determined; and, they then apply this foundation to a range of policy areas - the economy, welfare, education, crime, health care, housing, the environment, foreign policy, and domestic security. The fully updated text presents complicated ideas in an accessible way. It engages with controversial ideas that bring the study of public policy alive. It draws on a wealth of 'real world' examples. It provides balanced consideration of liberal and conservative policy positions. It emphasizes the essential relationship between individual self-interest and national well-being. The result is an ideal combination of theory and practice for effectively teaching public policy. It combines a clear explanation of the basic concepts and methods of the policymaking process with a keen focus on how values influence policy choices across a range of issue areas.
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Plott, Charles Raymond was born on July 8, 1938 in Frederick, Oklahoma, United States. Son of James Charles and Flossie Ann (Bowman) Plott.
Bachelor of Science in Production Management, Oklahoma State University, 1961. Master of Science in Economics, Oklahoma State University, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, University Virginia, 1965.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Purdue University, 1995. Degree (honorary), L'université Pierre Mendès France, Grenoble, 1996.
Assistant professor economics Purdue University, 1965—1967, associate professor economics, 1968-1970. Edward S. Harkness professor economics and political science California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, since 1971, director Program for Study of Enterprise and Public Policy, since 1979, director Laboratory for Experimental Economics and Political Science, since 1987. Principal investigator, National Science Foundation, since 1972.
Member Environmental Quality Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 1972, Resources for the Future, 1973. Visiting professor law University Southern California Law Center, 1976. Visiting professor Stanford University, 1968-1969, University Chicago, 1980.
Hooker Distinguished professor, McMaster University, 1983. Chairman review board California Institute of Technology. Member board on behavioral, cognitive and sensory science, National Research Council Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, 1997-2003.
Board director Lee Pharmaceutical, 1978-1995.
Ford Foundation Fellow, 1968. Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, 1981-1982. President, Public Choice Society, 1976-1978.
Executive Committee, Southern Economic Association, USA, 1977-1978.
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Author works in fields of economics, political science, philosophy, experimental methods, mathematics methods. Contributor articles to professional journals. Member editorial board Social Science Research, 1976-1977, Public Choice, 1973-1990, Journal Economic Behavior, 1983-1985, Economic Theory, since 1994.
My early work focussed on the relationships between political organisation and economics. The activities of a cartel of Oklahoma dry cleaners first attracted my attention and that paper was followed by a study of political influences on urban renewal spending decisions. This interest in the nonmarket aspects of markets led naturally to the study of the mathematical properties of voting rules and theories of behaviour under alternative voting rules, game theory, etc.
Questions of a welfare economic and social philosophy nature could not be avoided so the full generality of the social choice problem attracted my attention. As axiomatic social choice theory became theoretically connected to game theory one could easily generate an overabundance of competing theories about the behaviour of political and economic processes. An insight about how one might study a voting situation in an experimental setting and thereby eliminate some of the competing ideas caused me to turn my attention to experimental methods.
The experimental methods used to study voting could be applied with equal force to markets, public goods, and externality situations. The fascination with experimental methods as a basic research tool and as a policy tool has continued to occupy my attention.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, Econometric Society. Member American Economic Association, Economic Science Association (president 1987-1988), Southern Economic Association (member executive committee 1977-1978, vice president 1985-1987, president 1989-1990, Georgescu-Roegen prize, 1995), Public Choice Society (president 1977-1978), Western Economic Association International (vice president 1996-1997, president 1998-1999), Consortium of Social Sciences Associations (board director 1996-1998), Royal Economic Association, American Political Science Association, Economics Science Association (president 1987-1988), Mont Pelerin Society, Public Choice Society (president 1976-1978), The Mont Pèlerin Society, National Academy of Sciences.
Married Marianna Brown Cloninger, May 30, 1961. Children: Rebecca Ann, Charles Hugh.
