Louis Kaplow

Finn M. W. Caspersen and Household International Professor of Law and Economics

Research Interests

• Antitrust
• Law and Economics
• Moral Philosophy
• Tax Policy

Subject Areas for Supervising Written Work

• Antitrust
• Law and Economics
• Tax Policy

Education

• Northwestern University B.A. 1977, Economics and Mathematics
• Harvard Law School J.D. 1981
• Harvard University M.A. 1981, Economics
• Harvard University Ph.D. 1987, Economics

Appointments

• Assistant Professor of Law, 1982
• Professor of Law, 1987-2004
• Associate Dean for Research and Special Programs, 1989-91
• Finn M. W. Caspersen and Household International Professor of Law and Economics, 2004

Other Information

2011-2012 Faculty Disclosures re: Related Outside Interests and Activities

Representative Publications

• Kaplow, Louis. The Theory of Taxation and Public Economics (Princeton University Press 2008).
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• Areeda, Phillip, Aaron Edlin & Louis Kaplow. Antitrust Analysis: Problems, Texts, Cases (Aspen Publishers 6th ed. 2004).
  
• Kaplow, Louis & Steven M. Shavell. Fairness versus Welfare (Harvard University Press 2002).
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• Kaplow, Louis. "The Value of Accuracy in Adjudication: An Economic Analysis," 23 Journal of Legal Studies 307 (1994).
  
• Kaplow, Louis. "An Economic Analysis of Legal Transitions," 99 Harvard Law Review 509 (1986).
  

Bibliography

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