Griffin Edwards

Griffin Edwards
Associate Professor

Associate Professor (P), Mktg, Ind Distr, & Econ , Collat School of Business

Overview

Dr. Griffin Edwards is an associate professor of economics in the Collat School of Business. Prior to UAB, he taught at Southern Utah University and Spelman College while studying law and economics at Emory University in Atlanta. His research focus includes studies on policing, mental health laws, discrimination and firearms and has published in law reviews such as Cornell Law Review, Texas Law Review, University of Chicago Law Review and Stanford Law Review, as well as economics outlets such as The Journal of Law and Economics and The Economic Journal.

His research has also been covered by popular press outlets such as the New York Times, USA Today, the LA Times, Teen Vogue, and Fox News.

When not teaching or researching, he enjoys consulting for local and national businesses and teaching each of his five boys economics.

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year	Title	Altmetric
2019	The effects of voluntary and presumptive sentencing guidelines. Texas Law Review. 98:1-66. 2019
2019	Difficult training improves team performance: an empirical case study of US college basketball 2019
2018	An Empirical Analysis of Sexual Orientation Discrimination. University of Chicago Law Review. 2018
2018	Looking Down the Barrel of a Loaded Gun: The Effect of Mandatory Handgun Purchase Delays on Homicide and Suicide. The Economic Journal. 128:3117-3140. 2018
2017	De-policing. Cornell Law Review. 102:721-782. 2017
2017	Why Exempting Negligent Doctors May Reduce Suicide: An Empirical Analysis. Indiana Law Journal. 2017
2016	Looking Down the Barrel of a Loaded Gun: The Effect of Mandatory Handgun Purchase Delays on Homicide and Suicide. The Economic Journal. 2016
2016	State right to refuse medication laws and procedures: Impact on homicide and suicide. Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics. 19:141-154. 2016
2016	State right to refuse medication laws and procedures: Impact on homicide and suicide. Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics. 19:141-154. 2016
2015	A test of prohibition's effect on alcohol production and consumption using crop yields. Southern Economic Journal. 81:1145-1168. 2015
2014	The power of the racketeer: An empirical approach. Review of Law and Economics. 10:219-234. 2014
2014	Doing their duty: An empirical analysis of the unintended effect of Tarasoff v. regents on homicidal activity 2014
2013	Tarasoff, duty to warn laws, and suicide. International Review of Law and Economics. 34:1-8. 2013

Research Overview

Edwards research aims to provide empirical answers to timely and important questions being asked in the legal community. Recent work published in the Texas Law Review showed that changes to criminal sentencing guidelines in Alabama led to improvements in racial parity across criminal sentences.

In joint work with Dr. Joshua Robinson, they showed that minimal purchase delays in the acquisition of a firearm led to a decrease in firearm suicides.

Teaching Overview

Dr. Edwards has taught economics at the undergraduate and graduate levels for nearly a decade that includes over 100 unique classes, thousands of students, and courses such as intro to microeconomics, intro to macroeconomics, intermediate macroeconomics, sports economics, law and economics, managerial economics, US Economic History, and quantitative methods for business.