Kathryn E. Spier

Domenico de Sole Professor of Law

Research Interests

• Business Strategy
• Industrial Organization
• Law and Economics

Education

• Yale University B.A. 1985, Mathematics and Economics
• Massachusetts Institutute of Technology Ph.D. 1989, Economics

Appointments

• Robert B. and Candice J. Haas Visiting Professor in Corporate Finance Law, 2005
• Professor of Law, 2007
• Domenico de Sole Professor of Law, 2008

Representative Publications

• Spier, Kathryn E. "Litigation" in The Handbook of Law and Economics (A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell, eds., North Holland, 2007).
  
• Hay, Bruce L. & Kathryn E. Spier. "Manufacturer Liability for Harm Caused by Consumers to Others," 94 American Economic Review 1700 (2005).
  Full text: SSRN
  
• Spier, Kathryn E. "'Tied to the Mast': Most-Favored-Nation Clauses in Settlement Contracts," 32 Journal of Legal Studies (2003).
  
• Spier, Kathryn E. & Michael Whinston. "On the Efficiency of Privately Stipulated Damages for Breach of Contract: Entry Barriers, Reliance, and Renegotiation," 26 RAND Journal of Economics 180 (1995).
  
• Spier, Kathryn E. "The Dynamics of Pretrial Negotiation," 59 Review of Economic Studies 93 (1992).
  

Bibliography

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