The John M. Olin Center
Faculty
Louis Kaplow
![[faculty photo]](/images/faculty/kaplow03.jpg)
Finn M. W. Caspersen and Household International Professor of Law and Economics
| Office: | Hauser 322 |
| Assistant: | Molly Eskridge 617/495-4635 |
| Phone: | (617) 495-4101 |
| Fax: | (617) 496-4880 |
Research Interests
- Antitrust
- Law and Economics
- Moral Philosophy
- Tax Policy
Representative Publications
- Fairness versus Welfare, with Shavell (Harvard University Press, 2002)
- Antitrust Analysis: Problems, Text, Cases, with P. Areeda 5th ed. (Aspen Law & Business, 1997)
- "The Value of Accuracy in Adjudication," 23 Journal of Legal Studies 307 (1994)
- "Optimal Taxation with Costly Enforcement and Evasion," 43 Journal of Public Economics 221 (1990)
- "An Economic Analysis of Legal Transitions," 99 Harvard Law Review 509 (1986)
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