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Robert A. Lawson, Ph.D.

Senior Fellow in Economic Growth

Robert A. Lawson is George H. Moor Chair of Business and Economics at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. A Cincinnati native, he earned his B.S. in economics from the Honors Tutorial College at Ohio University in 1988 and his M.S. (1991) and Ph.D. (1992) in economics from Florida State University. He is Senior Fellow in Economic Growth at The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions, Adjunct Scholar for the Mackinac Institute, and Faculty Affliate for the DeVoe Moore Policy Sciences Center at Florida State University.

He has published articles in several journals, including Public Choice, the Journal of Labor Research, the Asian Economic Review, the Cato Journal, the Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, and the Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice. He is a co-author of the widely cited annual report, Economic Freedom of the World.

In his spare time, "Doc" Lawson plays 1860s style base ball for the Ohio Historical Society's Ohio Village Muffins. Bob resides in Bexley, Ohio with his wife, Tracy and daughter, Kerianne.

Recent articles by Robert Lawson

• Issue 1: The Two Billion Dollar Boondoggle
  October 27th, 2005   Center for Economic Freedom Viewpoint

• Viewpoint: It's Time to Constitutionally Limit Ohio Government Spending
  January 20th, 2005   Center for Economic Freedom Viewpoint
  By Robert A. Lawson and Russell S. Sobel

• Policy Report: Should Ohio Limit Government Spending and Taxes?
  January 17th, 2005   Center for Economic Freedom Policy Study
  By Russell S. Sobel, Robert A. Lawson, Barry W. Poulson, and Joshua C. Hall

• Should Ohio Limit Government Spending and Taxes?
  January 10th, 2005   Center for Economic Freedom Policy Study
  By Russell S. Sobel, Ph.D., Robert A. Lawson, Ph.D., Barry W. Poulson, Ph.D., and Joshua C. Hall

• Unions Ignore Industry Changes At Their Own Peril
  April 29th, 2004   Economic Growth Document
  By Robert Lawson and Matthew Hisrich

• Ohio's Estate Tax Should Go
  April 29th, 2004   Economic Growth Document

• The Economics and Ethics of Publicly Funding COSI
  February 13th, 2004   Economic Growth Document

• Ohio Capital Gains Cut Move In The Right Direction
  December 9th, 2003   Economic Growth Document
  By Joshua C. Hall and Robert A. Lawson

• Government Ownership of Companies is a Very Bad Idea
  October 23rd, 2003   Economic Growth Document

• Income Tax Progressivity in Ohio
  August 22nd, 2003   Center for Economic Freedom Policy Study
  By Russell S. Sobel and Robert A. Lawson

• Reforming Ohio's Tax System for the 21st Century
  August 18th, 2003   Economic Growth Document

• The Case for a Supermajority to Raise Taxes
  May 8th, 2003   Economic Growth Document

• The Flat Tax, Economic Efficiency, and Ohio's Competitiveness in the Global Marketplace
  May 8th, 2003   Economic Growth Document

• If You Tax Them Will They Leave?
  May 1st, 2003   Economic Growth Document

• Ohio's International Trade Division
  March 7th, 2003   Economic Growth Document
  By Robert Lawson and Matthew Hisrich