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Santarosa, Veronica A.

Assistant Professor of Law

3214 South Hall
734.764.7335
E-mail aokisan@umich.edu
Veronica Santarosa teaches first-year contract law, economic analysis of law, and a seminar on the law and the history of economic institutions. Her research interests include law and economics, financial economic history, and law and development. Her current projects examine, both empirically and theoretically, how legal innovations and political institutions affect firms and financial markets now and throughout history. Prof. Santarosa holds a BA in economics from Ibmec Business School in Brazil, an LLB from the University of Sao Paulo, an EMLE from the University of Hamburg, and an LLM and a PhD in economics, both from Yale University. Prior to joining the Michigan Law faculty, she consulted for the Brazilian Administrative Council for Economic Protection, the Anheuser-Busch InBev M&A division, and for the World Bank-IFC.

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Recent Publications


​Financing Long-Distance Trade Without Banks: The Joint Liability Rule and Bills of Exchange in 18th-century France. Working Paper, 2012.
Full Text: WWW

Unemployment Risk and Precautionary Savings: Evidence from the 1880s New Jersey Worker Surveys. Working Paper.

The Quality of Contracting Institutions and the Choice of Ownership vs. Contract. Working Paper.

Co-author. Politics, Instability, and International Investment Flows. A. Durnev, R. Enikolopov, and M. Petrova, co-authors. Working Paper.
Full Text: SSRN
 
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