Law and Economics Workshop

Michigan's Law & Economics workshop provides an opportunity for faculty and students from across the University to engage with cutting-edge law and economics research. 

The workshop is organized by Professor J.J. Prescott (jprescott@umich.edu), and meets Thursday afternoons in Room 236 Hutchins Hall from 4 to 6 p.m.

If you would like to receive workshop announcements, please contact Jenny Rickard (rickardj@umich.edu) and ask to have your name added to the workshop's email list.

(Please note: The schedule is subject to change.)

Winter 2013 Schedule

January 24, 2013
Louis Kaplow, Harvard Law School
"Multistage Adjudication"

January 31, 2013
Kyle Logue, University of Michigan Law School
"Understanding Insurance Anti-Discrimination Laws" (with Ronen Avraham & Daniel Schwarcz)
(Please email to request a copy of this paper.)

February 7, 2013
Veronica Santarosa, University of Michigan Law School
"Pre-banking Financial Intermediation: Evidence from a Brokerage Reform in Eighteenth Century Marseille"
(Please email to request a copy of this paper.)

February 14, 2013
Daniel Chen, ETH Zurich
"The Impact of Government Power to Expropriate Property on Economic Growth and Racial Inequality" (with Susan Yeh)

February 21, 2013
Joshua Fischman, Northwestern University School of Law
"Reuniting Is and Ought"
(Please email to request a copy of this paper.)

February 28, 2013
Albert Yoon, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
"Editorial Bias in Legal Academia"

March 14, 2013
Sonja B. Starr, University of Michigan Law School
"Mandatory Sentencing and Racial Disparity: Assessing the Role of Prosecutors and the Effects of Booker" (with M.M. Rehavi)

March 21, 2013
Steven Shavell, Harvard Law School
"A Fundamental Enforcement Cost Advantage of the Negligence Rule Over Regulation"

March 28, 2013
Emily Owens, Cornell University
"Immigration, Employment Opportunities, and Criminal Behavior" (with Sarah Bohn & Matthew Freedman)

April 4, 2013
Vikramaditya Khanna, University of Michigan Law School
"CEO Connectedness and Corporate Frauds" (with E. Han Kim & Yao Lu)

April 11, 2013
Norm Bishara, University of Michigan Ross School of Business
"When Do CEOs Have Covenants Not to Compete in Their Employment Contracts?"  (with Kenneth J. Martin & Randall S. Thomas)

April 18, 2013
Claudia Landeo, University of Alberta
"Shotguns and Deadlocks" (with Kathryn Spier)