The John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business
Law and Economics Seminar:
This seminar, offered in both the fall and spring semesters, provides students with an opportunity to discuss ongoing research in economic analysis of law. At most of the meetings invited speakers - many from the Law School - will present works in progress. Outside speakers have included Cass Sunstein, Robert Ellickson, Richard Posner, and Richard Revesz. Enrollment in either or both terms is permitted. Articles being presented in the current (or most recent) semester can be found on the Course Website (simply go to the "Course Documents" tab on the left to download the articles).
Spring 2008:
Jan. 29: Anthony Niblett (Harvard) and Andrei Shleifer (Harvard), The Evolution of a Legal Rule
Feb. 5: Christopher Leslie (Chicago-Kent), Rational Irrationality and Antitrust
Feb 12: Geoffrey Miller (NYU), Reversal, Dissent, and Variability in State Supreme Courts: The Centrality of Jurisdictional Source
Feb. 19: Dean Williamson (HLS), Antitrust and Intellectual Property: Some Practical Considerations
Feb. 26: John Coates (HLS) and Reinier Kraakman (HLS), CEO Tenure, Performance and Turnover in S&P 500 Companies
Mar. 4: James Greiner (HLS) and Kevin Quinn (Harvard), Ecological Inference in Voting Rights Act Disputes and Beyond
Mar. 11: Ken Shepsle (Harvard), The Senate Electoral Cycle and Bicameral Appropriations Rules
Mar. 18: Radha Iyengar (Harvard), An Analysis of the Performance of Federal Indigent Defense Counsel
Apr. 1: Max Schanzenbach (Northwestern), The Impact of Tort Reform on Private Health Insurance Coverage
Apr. 8: Einer Elhauge (HLS), Loyalty Discounts and Naked Exclusion
Apr. 15: Howell Jackson (HLS), Public and Private Enforcement of Securities Laws: Resource-Based Evidence
Apr. 22: Hugo Mialon (Emory), The Economics of the Bill of Rights
Fall 2007:
Sept. 11: Jonathan Baker (American University), Reinvigorating Horizontal Merger Enforcement
Sept. 18: David Weisbach (University of Chicago), A Welfarist Approach to Disabilities
Sept. 25: Andrei Shleifer (Harvard) and Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes (Universitiet van Amsterdam), The Economic Consequences of Legal Origins
Oct. 2: Michael Meurer (Boston University), The Private Costs of Patent Litigation
Oct. 9: Steven Shavell (HLS), On the Optimal Moral Duty to Obey the Law: An Economic Analysis
Oct. 16: Florencia Marotta-Wurgler (NYU), Are “Pay Now, Terms Later” Contracts Worse For Buyers? Evidence From Software License Agreements
Oct. 30: Greg Sidak (Georgetown University), Patent Holdup and Oligopsonistic Collusion in Standard Setting Organizations
Nov. 6: Lucian Bebchuk (HLS) CEO Centrality
Nov. 13: Jonathan Klick (Florida State University), The Effect of Contract Regulation: The Case of Franchising
Nov. 20: Mark Ramseyer (HLS), Public and Private Firm Compensation Compared: Evidence from Japanese Tax Returns
Nov. 27: Jonathan Baron (University of Pennsylvania), The Role of Probability of Detection in Judgments of Punishment
Dec. 4: Guhan Subramanian (HLS), Go-Shops vs. No-Shops: Evidence and Implications
Spring 2007:
Jan. 30: Mike Scherer, John F. Kennedy School, Harvard University, The Political Economy of Patent Policy Reform in the United States
Feb. 6: Yair Listokin, Yale Law School, Management Always Wins the Close Ones
Feb. 13: Christine Jolls, Yale Law School, Mandated Medical Leave in the Workplace
Feb. 20: Barry Adler, NYU Law School, Efficient Breach Theory Through the Looking Glass
Feb. 27: Guhan Subramanian, Harvard Law School, Getting to Yes on Staggered Boards
Mar. 6: Allen Ferrell, Harvard Law School, Business Law as a Source of Comparative Advantage
Mar. 13: Daniel Klerman, USC Law School, Jurisdictional Competition and the Evolution of the Common Law
Mar. 20: TBA
Mar. 27: No Class – Spring Break
Apr. 3: Alan Sykes, Stanford Law School, Transnational Tort Litigation as a Trade and Investment Issue
Apr. 10: Mark Roe, Harvard Law School, and Jordan Siegel, Harvard Business School, Political Instability and Financial Development
Apr. 17: John Coffee, Columbia Law School, TBA
Apr. 24: Anup Malani, University of Chicago Law School, Surveillance and Reporting of Disease Outbreaks