Discussion Papers

The Center distributes a working paper series comprised of works-in-progress of the University of Michigan faculty. A summary list of the papers is below. Please click on the desired title to view the abstract and download the paper. Electronic and hard copies of these papers are also available through Al LaGrone (alagrone@umich.edu).

The following is a complete list of discussion papers by number from the present to 1999.

• 2008 Papers
• 2007 Papers
• 2006 Papers
• 2005 Papers
• 2004 Papers
• 2003 Papers
• 2002 Papers
• 2001 Papers
• 2000 Papers
• 1999 Papers 

2008 

2008-013 Reuven S. Avi-Yonah
The OECD Harmful Tax Competition Report:  A 10th Anniversity Retrospective

2008-012 Reuven S. Avi-Yonah
Back to the Future?  The Potential Revival of Territoriality

2008-011 N. Balasubramanian, Bernard S. Black and Vikramditya S. Khanna
Firm-Level Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets: A Case Study of India

2008-010 Adam C. Pritchard
Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.: The Political Economy of Securities Class Action Reform
Forthcoming in Cato Supreme Court Rev. (2008) 

2008-009 Jill R. Horwitz and Joseph Mead
Letting Good Deeds Go Unpunished:  Volunteer Immunity Laws and Tort Deterrence
Forthcoming in J. Empir. Legal Studies (2008)

2008-008 Joseph Vining
The Resilience of Law
Forthcoming in Law and Democracy in the Empire of Force, chp. 3, J. Powell & J. B. White, eds. (2009)

2008-007 Richard Lempert
The Significance of Statistical Significance: Two Authors Restate an Incontrovertible Caution.  Why a Book?

2008-006 JJ Prescott and Jonah E. Rockoff
Do Sex Offender Registration and Notification Laws Affect Criminal Behavior?

2008-005 Dhammika Dharmapala and Vikramditya S. Khanna
Corporate Governance, Enforcement, and Firm Value: Evidence from India

2008-004 Daniel M. Katz and Derek K. Stafford
Hustle and Flow:  A Social Network Analysis of the American Federal Judiciary

2008-003 Jessica Litman
Billowing White Goo

Forthcoming in Columbia J. of Law & the Arts (2008)

2008-002 Gavin Clarkson
Accredited Indians: Increasing the Flow of Private Equity into Indian Country as a Domestic Emerging Market

2008-001 Laura N. Beny
What Explains Insider Trading Restrictions? International Evidence on the Political Economy of Insider Trading Regulation

2007 

2007-023 Omri Ben-Shahar
How to Repair Unconscionable Contracts

2007-022 Michael S. Barr and Jane K. Dokko
Paying to Save:  Tax Withholding and Asset Allocation among Low- and Moderate-Income Taxpayers

2007-021 Kyle D. Logue and Joel Slemrod
Genes as Tags:  The Tax Implications of Widely Available Genetic Information

2007-020 Alicia Davis Evans
The Investor Compensation Fund
Subsequently published in J. Corporation Law 33. no. 1 (2007): 101

2007-019 Anita Anand and Laura Beny
Private Regulation of Insider Trading in The Shadow of Lax Public Enforcement
(and a Strong Neighbor): Evidence from Canadian Firms

2007-018 Alicia Davis Evans
Do Individual Investors Affect Share Price Accuracy? Some Preliminary Evidence

2007-015 John A.E. Pottow
The Myth (and Realities) of Forum Shopping in Transnational Insolvency
Subsequently published in Brook. J. Int'l Law 32. no. 2 (2007): 785

2007-014 Jill R. Horwitz and Austin Nichols
What Do Nonprofits Maximize?  Hospital Services Provision and Market Ownership Mix

2007-013 Jill R. Horwitz and Marion R. Fremont-Smith
The Common Law Power of the Legislature:  Insurer Conversions and Charitable Funds
Subsequently published in The Milbank Quar. 83, no. 2 (2005): 225

2007-012 John A.E. Pottow
The Maxwell Case
Subsequently published in Bankruptcy Law Stories, R. Rasmussen, ed. (2007): 222

2007-011 John A.E. Pottow
A U.S. Perspective on the Contextual Terrain of Political Economy in Insolvency Reform

Subsequently published in Canadian Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law, chp. 15, S. Ben-Ishai & T. Duggan, eds. (2007)

2007-010 Oren Bar-Gill and Omri Ben-Shahar

The Prisoners' (Plea Bargain) Dilemma

2007-009 Reuven S. Avi-Yonah and Kimberly A. Clausing
A Proposal to Adopt Formulary Apportionment for Corporate Income Taxation: The Hamilton Project

2007-008 Stephen J. Choi, Karen K. Nelson and Adam C. Pritchard
The Screening Effect of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act

2007-007 Omri Ben-Shahar and Mitu Gulati
Partially Odious Debts?  A Framework for an Optimal Liability Regime
Subsequently published in Law & Contemp. Prob. 70 (2007): 47

2007-006 John A.E. Pottow
The Totality of the Circumstances of the Debtor's Financial Situation in a Post-Means Test World: Trying to Bridge the Wedoff/Culhane & White Divide
Subsequently published in Missouri Law Rev. 71 (2006): 1053

2007-005 John A.E. Pottow
The Nondischargeability of Student Loans in Personal Bankruptcy Proceedings: The Search for a Theory
Subsequently published in Canadian Bus. Law J. 44 (2006): 245

2007-004 Jill R. Horwitz
Does Nonprofit Ownership Matter?
Subsequently published in Yale J. on Reg. 24 (2007): 139

2007-003 John A.E. Pottow
Private Liability for Reckless Consumer Lending
Subsequently published in U. Illinois Law Rev., no. 1 (2007): 405

2007-002 Bernard S. Black and Vikramditya S. Khanna
Can Corporate Governance Reforms Increase Firms' Market Values: Evidence from India

2007-001 Reuven S. Avi-Yonah
Tax Competition, Tax Arbitrage, and the International Tax Regime

2006

2006-009 Kyle D. Logue

Optimal Tax Compliance and Penalties When the Law Is Uncertain
 

2006-008 Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

Corporate Social Responsibility and Strategic Tax Behavior
 

2006-007 Sagit Leviner

A New Era of Tax Enforcement:  From 'Big Stick' to Responsive Regulation
 

2006-006 Gavin Clarkson

Tribal Bondage: Statutory Shackles and Regulatory Restraints on Tribal Economic Development
 

2006-005 Jessica Litman
The Economics of Open-Access Law Publishing

Subsequently published in Lewis & Clark Law Rev. 10 (2006): 779

2006-004 Jessica Litman
Lawful Personal Use

Subsequently published in Texas Law Rev. 85 (2007): 1871

2006-003 Laura N. Beny
Do Investors in Controlled Firms Value Insider Trading Laws? International Evidence
Subsequently published in J. Law, Econ. & Policy 4, no. 2 (2008): 267
 

2006-002 Omri Ben-Shahar
More Options, Less Freedom

Subsequently published in J. Econ. Lit. XLIV (2006): 444

2006-001 Richard Lempert, William Kidder, Timothy Clydesdale and David Chambers
Affirmative Action in American Law Schools: A Critical Response to Richard Sander's "A Reply to Critics"

2005

2005-015 Adam C. Pritchard
The Irrational Auditor and Irrational Liability

Subsequently published in Lewis & Clark Law Rev. 10 (2006): 19

2005-014 Vikramditya S. Khanna
The Economic History of Organizational Entities in Ancient India

2005-013 David E. Bernstein
Learning the Wrong Lessons from "An American Tragedy"

2005-012 Omri Ben-Shahar

Foreword: Symposium on Boilerplate

Subsequently published in Michigan Law Rev. 104, no. 5 (2006): 821

2005-011 Omri Ben-Shahar and James J. White
Boilerplate and Economic Power in Auto Manufacturing Contracts

Subsequently published in Michigan Law Rev. 104, no. 5 (2006): 953

2005-010 Omri Ben-Shahar and John A.E. Pottow
On the Stickiness of Default Rules

Subsequently published in Florida St. U. Law Rev. 33 (2006): 651

2005-009 Lawrence W. Waggoner
Rev. Proc. 2005-24 and the UPC ELective Share

2005-008 Oren Gazal
Partial Ban on Plea Bargains
Subsequently published in Cardoza Law Rev. 27, no. 1 (2006): 2295

2005-007 David Chambers, Timothy Clydesdale, William Kidder and Richard Lempert
The Real Impact of Eliminating Affirmative Action in American Law Schools: An Empirical Critique of Richard Sander's Study
Subsequently published in Stanford Law Rev. 57, no. 6 (2005): 1855

2005-006 Francine Lafontaine and Laura Malaguzzi Valeri
The Deregulation of International Trucking in the European Union: Form and Effect

2005-005 John A.E. Pottow
Greed and Pride in International Bankruptcy: The Problems and Proposed Solutions to 'Local Interests'
Subsequently published in Michigan Law Rev. 104, no. 7 (2006): 1899

2005-004 J.J. Prescott and Sonja Starr
Improving Criminal Jury Decision Making After the Blakely Revolution
Subsequently published in U. Illinois Law Rev., no. 2 (2006): 301

2005-003 Reuven S. Avi-Yonah
The Cyclical Transformations of the Corporate Form: A Historical Perspective on Corporate Social Responsibility
Subsequently published in Del. J. Corp. Law 30, no. 3 (2005): 767

2005-002 Omri Ben-Shahar
How Liability Distorts Incentives of Manufacturers to Recall Products

2005-001 John A.E. Pottow
Procedural Incrementalism: A Model for International Bankruptcy
Subsequently published in Va. J. Int'l. Law 45, no. 4 (2005): 935

2004

2004-020 Kai-Uwe Kühn
The Coordinated Effects of Mergers in Differentiated Products Market

2004-019 Kai-Uwe Kühn, Robert Stillman and Cristina Caffarra
Economic Theories of Bundling and their Policy Implication sin Abuse Cases: An Assessment in Light of the Microsoft Case

2004-018 Omri Ben-Shahar
An Ex-Ante View of the Battle of the Forms: Inducing Parties to Draft Reasonable Terms
Subsequently published in Int'l. Rev. Law & Econ. 25, no. 3 (2005): 350

2004-017 Oren Gazal
Screening, Plea Bargains and the Innocent Problem

2004-016 Oren Gazal & Oren Bar-Gill
Plea Bargains Only for the Guilty
Subsequently published in J. Law & Econ. 49 (2006): 353

2004-015 Vikramaditya S. Khanna
Corporate Defendants and the Protections of Criminal Procedure: An Economic Analysis

2004-014 Laura N. Beny
Do Insider Trading Laws Matter? Some Preliminary Comparative Evidence
Subsequently published in Am. Law & Econ. Rev. 7, no. 1 (2005): 144

2004-013 Doron Teichman
Sex, Shame, and the Law: An Economic Perspective on Megan's Laws
Subsequently published in Harv. J. on Legislation 42, no. 2 (2005): 355

2004-012 Doron Teichman
The Market for Criminal Justice: Federalism, Crime Control and Jurisdictional Competition
Subsequently published in Michigan Law Rev. 103, no. 7 (2005): 1831

2004-011 Kyle D. Logue
Reparations as Redistribution
Subsequently published in Boston U. Law Rev. 84, no. 5 (2004): 1319

2004-010 Barak Y. Orbach
Antitrust and Pricing in the Motion Picture Industry
Subsequently published in Yale J. on Regulation 21, no. 2 (2004): 317

2004-009 Stephen J. Choi and Adam C. Pritchard
Should Issuers be on the Hook for Laddering? An Empirical Analysis of the IPO Market Manipulation Litigation
Subsequently published in U. Cincinnati Law Rev. 73, no. 1 (2004): 179

2004-008 Reuven Avi-Yonah
The Pitfalls of International Integration: A Comment on the Bush Proposal and Its Aftermath

Subsequently published in Diritto e Pratica Tributaria Internazionale 75, no. 1 (2004): 3

2004-007 Reuven Avi-Yonah
International Tax Law as International Law

Subsequently published in Tax Law Rev. 57, no. 4 (2004): 483

2004-006 Reuven Avi-Yonah
Corporations, Society and the State: A Defense of the Corporate Tax
Subsequently published in Va. Law Rev. 90, no. 5 (2004): 1193

2004-005 Oren Bar-Gill and Omri Ben-Shahar
Credible Coercion
Subsequently published in Texas Law Rev. 83, no. 3 (2005): 717

2004-004 Laura N. Beny
Insider Trading Laws and Stock Markets Around the World: An Empirical Contribution to the Theoretical Law and Economics Debate

Subsequently published in J. Corp. Law 32, no. 2 (2007): 237

2004-003 Jill R. R. Horwitz
Why We Need the Independent Sector: The Behavior, Law, & Ethics of Not-for-Profit Hospitals
Subsequently published in UCLA Law Rev. 50 (2003): 1345

2004-002 Omri Ben-Shahar
"Agreeing to Disagree": Filling Gaps in Deliberately Incomplete Contracts
Subsequently published in Wisconsin Law Rev., no. 2 (2004): 389

2004-001 Barak Orbach
The Durapolist Puzzle: Monopoly Power in Durable-Goods Market
Subsequently published in Yale J. on Regulation 21, no. 1 (2004): 67
 

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