Discussion Papers

The Program distributes a working paper series comprising published and works-in-progress of the University of Michigan faculty. A summary list of the papers is below. Please click on the desired title and/or link to download the paper.

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2012

2012-020 Adam C. Pritchard
"Facebook, the JOBS Act, and Abolishing IPOs." Regulation 35, no. 3 (2012): 12-7.

2012-019 Lawrence W. Waggoner & Calvin Johnson
Co-author. "'Perpetual Trusts: The Walking Dead' and 'Congress Should Effectively Curb GST Exemption for Perpetual Trusts.'" Tax Notes 136, no. 10 (2012): 1215-7.

2012-018 Sonja B. Starr
Co-author. Estimating Gender Disparities in Federal Criminal Cases. Univ. of Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper Series, no. 12-018. Working Paper, 2012.

2012-017 Kyle D. Logue
Co-author. The Anatomy of Insurance Anti-Discrimination Laws. Ronen Avraham & Daniel Schwarcz, co-authors. Univ. of Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper Series, no. 12-017. Working Paper, 2012.

2012-016 Douglas A. Kahn
"Sales Between a Partnership and Non-Partners." Tax Notes 136 (2012).

2012-015 Douglas A. Kahn
"Contribution of a Built-In Loss to a Partnership." Tax Notes 136, no. 5 (2012).

2012-014 Reuven S. Avi-Yonah & Nicola Sartori
International Taxation and Competitiveness: Introduction and Overview. Univ. of Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper Series, no. 12-014. Working Paper, 2012.

2012-013 Richard Lempert
University of Michigan Bar Passage 2004-2006: A Failure to Replicate Professor Sander's Results, with Implications for Affirmative Action. Univ. of Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper Series, no. 12-013. Working Paper, 2012.

2012-012 Laura N. Beny
Co-author. Has Insider Trading Become More Rampant in the United States? Evidence from Takeovers. Nejat Seyhun, co-author. Univ. of Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper Series, no. 12-012. Working Paper, 2012.

2012-011 Douglas A. Kahn & Lawrence W. Waggoner
"Retirees Beware: Don't Worry About the British." Tax Notes 136, no. 1 (2012).

2012-010 Adam C. Pritchard
Revisiting 'Truth in Securities Revisited': Abolishing IPOs and Harnessing Private Markets in the Public Good. Univ. of Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper Series, no. 12-010. Working Paper, 2012.

2012-009 Reuven S. Avi-Yonah
Co-author. Double or Nothing: A Tax Treaty for the 21st Century. Oz Halabi, co-author. Univ. of Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper Series, no. 12-009. Working Paper, 2012.

2012-008 Reuven S. Avi-Yonah
Co-author. And Yet it Moves: A Tax Paradigm for the 21st Century. Eric Ohrn, co-author. Univ. of Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper Series, no. 12-008. Working Paper, 2012.

2012-007 Lawrence Waggoner
"Effectively Curbing the GST Exemption for Perpetual Trusts." Tax Notes 135, no. 10 (2012).

2012-006 Jill R. Horwitz
Co-author. Profits v. Purpose: Hybrid Companies and the Charitable Dollar. Rachel Culley, co-author. Univ. of Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper Series, no. 12-006. Working Paper, 2012.

2012-005 Adam C. Pritchard
"Launching the Insider Trading Revolution: SEC v. Capital Gains Research Bureau." Research Handbook on Insider Trading, Stephen Bainbridge, ed., 2013 (forthcoming).

2012-004 Kyle D. Logue
Co-author. Outsourcing Regulation: How Insurance Reduces Moral Hazard. Omri Ben-Shahar, co-author. Univ. of Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper Series, no. 12-004. Working Paper, 2012.

2012-003 Reuven S. Avi-Yonah
Co-author. U.S. Subpart F Legislative Proposals: A Comparative Perspective. Nicola Sartori, co-author. Univ. of Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper Series, no. 12-003. Working Paper, 2012.

2012-002 Sonja B. Starr
Co-author. Racial Disparity in Federal Criminal Charging and Its Sentencing Consequences. Marit Rehavi, co-author. Univ. of Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper Series, no. 12-002. Working Paper, 2012.

2012-001 Reuven S. Avi-Yonah
Co-author. U.S. Treaty Anti-Avoidance Rules: An Overview and Assessment. Oz Halabi, co-author. Univ. of Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper Series, no. 12-001. Working Paper, 2012.