Workshops Series
The Law, Business, and Economics Workshop Series serves as an important focal point at the University of Texas for research on the economic analysis of law and business. The workshop generally involves presentations by guests from outside the University community. Students can take the workshop as a course, which focuses on their presentation of written critiques of each of the papers presented in the workshop series.
Workshops are held on Tuesdays at 3:45 p.m. to 5:35 p.m.
The workshops are organized by:
Ronen Avraham
Thomas Shelton Maxey Professor in Law
(512) 232-1357
ravraham@law.utexas.edu
Abraham Wickelgren
Bernard J. Ward Professor in Law
(512) 232-1904 (voice)
awickelgren@law.utexas.edu
Spring 2022
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper Title | Location | Time |
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Feb. 1 | J.J. Prescott | University of Michigan | Subjective Beliefs about Contract Enforceability | TNH3.126 | 3:45pm-5:30pm |
Feb. 8 | Holger Spamann | Harvard Law School | Can Law Students Be Used to Study Judicial Decision-Making Experimentally? | TNH3.126 | 3:45pm-5:30pm |
Feb. 22 | Michal Barzuzza | University of Virginia – School of Law | The Counter-Intuitive Efficiency of the Social Movement to Diversify Corporate Boards | TNH3.126 | 3:45pm-5:30pm |
Mar. 1 | Scott Baker | Washington University Law School | Consumer Communication and Trademark | TNH3.126 | 3:45pm-5:30pm |
Mar. 22 | Jonah Gelbach | Berkeley | Specification Testing Econometric Models of Discrimination in Criminal Justice | TNH3.126 | 3:45pm-5:30pm |
Mar. 29 | Kristen Underhill | Cornell University | Pay Transparency Laws and the Gender Pay Gap: Evidence from a National Survey of US Adults | TNH3.126 | 3:45pm-5:30pm |
Apr. 12 | Florencia Marotta-Wurgler | NYU | Regulatory Spillovers: The Case of GDPR | TNH3.126 | 3:45pm-5:30pm |
Apr. 19 | Maya Sen | Harvard University | How Judges' Professional Experience Impacts Case Outcomes: An Examination of Public Defenders and Criminal Sentencing | TNH3.126 | 3:45pm-5:30pm |
Fall 2021
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper Title |
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Sep. 14 | Michael Frakes | Duke University | Public and Private Options in Practice: The Military Health System |
Sep. 21 | Max Schanzenbach | Northwestern University | Policing the Police: Personnel Management and Police Misconduct |
Oct. 5 | Dr. Netta Barak Corren | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Examining the Effects of Antidiscrimination Laws on Child Welfare: Law on the Books |
Oct. 12 | Alon Klement | University of Tel Aviv | The Unexpected Effects of the Global Class Action Market: A Case Study of Israeli Courts’ Approach to Dual-Listed Companies |
Fall 2020
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper Title |
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Sep. 15 | Tali Regev | Reichman University | Biased Reputations: a natural experiment on the negative effects of race and gender on users’ reputations on Airbnb |
Sep. 22 | Rosa Ferrer | University Pompeu Fabra | Consumers' Costly Responses to Product-Harm Crises |
Oct. 6 | Michal Gal | University of Haifa | RADICAL RESTORATIVE REMEDIES FOR DIGITAL MARKETS |
Oct. 13 | Florian Baumann | University of Bonn | Fines versus Damages: Experimental Evidence on Care Investments |
Oct. 27 | Andrea Chandrasekher | University of California – Davis | Empirically Investigating the Source of the Repeat Player Effect in Consumer Arbitration |
Nov. 3 | Rick Brooks | NYU | American Society and the Stigma of Dark Skin |
Nov. 10 | Fernando Gomez | University Pompeu Fabra | Personalized and General Standards in Law Enforcement |
Dec. 1 | Margherita Saraceno | University of Pavia | Accuracy and Costs of Dispute Resolution with Heterogeneous Consumers: A Conjectural Approach to Mass Litigation |
Spring 2020
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper Title |
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Feb. 4 | Yair Listokin | Yale University | Expansionary Legal Policy Options |
Feb. 11 | Rebecca Stone | UCLA | Norm-Based Enforcement of Promises |
Mar. 3 | Joanna Shepherd | Emory University | Free to Judge |
Fall 2019
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper Title |
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Sep. 23 | Weijia Rao | University of Chicago | Domestic Politics and Settlement in Investor-State Arbitration |
Sep. 30 | Sepehr Sahshahani | Fordham University | The Fact-Law Distinction: Strategic Factfindingand Rulemaking in a Judicial Hierarchy |
Oct. 14 | Eleanor Wilking | NYU | Why Does it Matter Who Remits?Evidence from a Natural Experiment Involving Airbnb and Hotel Taxes |
Oct. 21 | Neel Sukhatme | Georgetown University | Pay to Play? Campaign Finance and the Incentive Gap in theRight to Counsel |
Nov. 4 | Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci | Columbia University | Selective Incentives |
Spring 2019
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper Title |
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Feb. 11 | Bobby Bartlett | Berkeley | Consumer-Lending Discrimination in the Era of FinTech |
Feb. 18 | Natasha Sarin | Yale University | Making Consumer Finance Work |
Mar. 4 | Aurelie Ouss | University of Pennsylvania Law School | Nudging Crime Policy: Promises and Psychological Barriers to Scale |
Fall 2018
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper Title |
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Sep. 19 | Tamar Katz | University of Tel Aviv | Are All Types of Discrimination Created Equal? |
Oct. 3 | Manisha Padi | University of Chicago | Consumer Protection Laws and the Mortgage Market: Evidence from Ohio |
Oct. 10 | Josh Teitelbaum | Georgetown University | Tort Liability and Unawareness |
Oct. 24 | Lewis Kornhauser | NYU | Stare Decisis and Judicial Log-Rolls: A Gains-from-Trade Model |
Nov. 14 | Murat Mungan | George Mason University | Justifications, Excuses, and Affirmative Defenses |
Nov. 28 | Leyla Karakas | Syracuse University | A Theory of Independent Courts in Illiberal Democracies |
Dec. 5 | Florencia Marotta-Wurgler | NYU | Learning in Standard Form Contracts: Theory and Evidence |
Spring 2018
Spring 2017
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper Title |
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Feb. 6 | Allison Morantz | American Enterprise Institute | Rejecting the Grand Bargain: What Happens When Large Companies Opt Out of Workers' Compensation |
Feb. 13 | Mitch A. Polinsky | Stanford University | Deterrence and the Optimal Use of Prison Parole and Probation |
Feb. 27 | Tali Regev | University of Tel Aviv | Why Can't Alison Sell her Drill? Evidence from eBay |
Mar. 6 | William Hubbard | University of Chicago | Quatum Economics, Newtonian Economics, and Law |
Mar. 27 | Angela Littwin | University of Texas – School of Law | Coerced Debt: The Role of Consumer Credit in Domestic Violence |
Apr. 3 | Keith Hylton | Boston University | Deterrence and Aggregate |
Apr. 17 | Ryan Bubb | NYU | An Equilibrium Theory of Retirement Plan Design |
Apr. 24 | John Dohohue | Stanford University | Comey, Trump, and the Puzzling Pattern of Crime in 2015 and Beyond |
May. 1 | Aaron Edlin | University of California – Berkeley | Hunting Unicorns? Experimental Evidence on Predatory Pricing Policies |
Fall 2016
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper Title |
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Sep. 19 | Anu Bradford | Columbia University | Is EU Antitrust Enforcement a Tool for Protectionism? An Empirical Analysis |
Sep. 26 | Paige Skiba | Vanderbilt University | The Consequences of Online Payday Lending |
Oct. 10 | Ariel Porat | University of Tel Aviv | Inducing Negligence |
Oct. 17 | Jacob Goldin | Stanford University | Do Law Clerks Influence Voting on the Supreme Court? |
Nov. 7 | Max Schanzenbach | Northwestern University | Fee Simple Obsolete |
Nov. 28 | Jennifer Bennet Shinal | Vanderbilt University | Opting Out and the Division of Marital Assets |
Dec. 5 | Eric Talley | Columbia University | Contracting Out of the Fiduciary Duty of Loyalty: An Empirical Analysis of Corporate Opportunity Waivers |
Spring 2016
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper Title |
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Feb. 8 | Lisa Larrimore Ouellette | Stanford University | Knowledge Goods and Nation-States |
Feb. 15 | Jennifer Doleac | University of Virginia – School of Law | Keep the Kids Inside? Juvenile Curfews and Urban Gun Violence |
Feb. 29 | Melissa Wasserman | University of Illinois | Patent Office Cohorts |
Mar. 7 | Adi Leibovitch | Columbia University | RELATIVE JUDGMENTS |
Mar. 28 | Andrea Chandrasekher | University of California – Davis | The Effect of Police Slowdowns on Traffic Accidents and Crime |
Apr. 4 | Kathy Zieler | Boston University | The Impact of Damages Caps on Medical Malpractice Insurance Premiums |
Apr. 18 | Jill Fisch | University of Pennsylvania Law School | THE KNOWLEDGE GAP IN WORKPLACE RETIREMENT INVESTING AND THE ROLE OF PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS |
Apr. 25 | Kathy Spier | Harvard Law School | Taking a Financial Position in Your Opponent in Litigation* |
Fall 2015
Fall 2014
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper Title |
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Sep. 22 | Tom Miles | University of Chicago | Does Immigration Enforcement Reduce Crime? Evidence from "Secure Communities" |
Sep. 29 | Oren Bar-Gill | Harvard Law School | PRICE CAPS IN MULTI-PRICE MARKETS |
Oct. 13 | Sue Mialon | Emory University | Declining Moral Standards and The Role of Law |
Oct. 20 | Ronen Avraham | American Enterprise Institute | TBD |
Nov. 3 | Crystal Yang | Harvard Law School | Consumer Bankruptcy and Financial Health |
Nov. 10 | C. Scott Hemphill | American Enterprise Institute | Less Restrictive Alternatives in Antitrust and Constitutional Law |
Nov. 24 | Jonathan Klick | Penn State – School of Law | The Effect of Privately Provided Police Services on Crime: Evidence from a Geographic Regression Discontinuity Design |
Dec. 1 | Dan Ho | Stanford University | Does Class Size Reduce the Gender Gap? A Natural Experiment in Law |
Dec. 3 | Einer Elhauge | Harvard Law School | TBD |
Fall 2013
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper Title |
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Sep. 23 | Professor Anup Malani | University of Chicago | ALLOCATING SCARCE INFORMATION |
Sep. 30 | Professor Shmuel Leshem | USC | RECIPROCITY, PROPORTIONALITY and INCENTIVES |
Oct. 14 | Professor Jonah Gelbach | Penn State – School of Law | Is Everything You Know About Litigation Selection and the Plaintiff's Win Rate Wrong? |
Oct. 21 | Charlie Silver | University of Texas | TBD |
Nov. 4 | Professor Suzanne Scotchmer | University of California – Berkeley | THE ESSENTIAL FACILITIES DOCTRINE: THE LOST MESSAGE OF TERMINAL RAILROAD |
Nov. 11 | Veronica Santarosa | University of Michigan | Pre-Banking Financial Intermediation: Evidence from a Brokerage Law Reform in Eighteenth Century Marseille |
Nov. 25 | Scott Baker | Washington University Law School | TBD |
Dec. 2 | Professor Hugo Mialon | Emory University | TBD |
Dec. 4 | Professor Steven Shavell | Harvard Law School | TBD |
Spring 2013
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper Title |
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Feb. 4 | Nuno Garoupa | University of Illinois | Globalization and Deregulation of Legal Services |
Feb. 11 | Robert Bartlett | University of California – Berkeley | Shall We Haggle in Pennies at the Speed of Light or in Nickels in the Dark? |
Feb. 25 | Lisa Fairfax | George Washington University | Managing Expectations |
Mar. 4 | Michael Meurer | Boston University | The Direct Costs From NPE Disputes |
Mar. 25 | Fred Tung | Boston University | BANK CEOS, INSIDE DEBT COMPENSATION, AND THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS |
Apr. 1 | Mark Schankerman | London School of Economics | Patents and Cumulative Innovation |
Apr. 15 | George Geis | University of Virginia | Shareholder Derivation Litigation and the Preclusion Problem |
Apr. 22 | Judson Caskey | UT Business School | Conservatism |
Fall 2012
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper Title |
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Oct. 1 | Jonathan Klick | Penn State – School of Law | Grocery Bag Bans and Foodborne Illness |
Oct. 15 | Joanna Shepherd-Bailey | Emory University | Partisan Foundations |
Oct. 22 | Sandra Black | University of Texas | Can You Leave High School Behind |
Nov. 5 | Avery Katz | Columbia University | International Interference with Contractual Relations:A Transactional Approach |
Nov. 12 | Bert Huang | Columbia University | Shallow Signals (pick up a copy in Faculty Lounge) |
Nov. 26 | Robert Bone | University of Texas – School of Law | An Investigation Model of Frivolous Suits |
Spring 2012
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper Title |
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Feb. 6 | Allison Morantz | University of Texas – School of Law | Do Unions Make a Difference |
Feb. 13 | Andrew Daughety & Jennifer Reinganum | Vanderbilt University | Cumulative Harmand Resilient |
Feb. 27 | Max Schanzenbach | Northwestern University | The Prudent Investor Rule: An Empirical and Theoretical Reassessment |
Mar. 5 | Dan Klerman | USC | Personal Jurisdiction and Product Liability |
Mar. 26 | Mira Ganor | University of Texas – School of Law | Improving Innovation by Rationalizing IRC |
Apr. 2 | Lior Strahilevitz | University of Chicago | Absolute and Relative Preferences |
Apr. 16 | Keith Hylton | Boston University | Causation Incentives |
Apr. 23 | Dotan Oliar | University of Virginia | Innovation Trade Off |
Fall 2011
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper Title |
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Sep. 8 | Alan Miller | University of Haifa | The Reasonable Person |
Sep. 19 | Betsy Stevenson | University of Pennsylvania – School of Business | Indicators of Racial Progress |
Sep. 26 | Josh Fischman | University of Virginia – School of Law | Inconsistency, Indeterminacy, and Error in Adjudication |
Oct. 10 | Oren Bracha | University of Texas – School of Law | Beyond Incentive |
Oct. 17 | David Abrams | University of Pennsylvania Law School | Priority Rules |
Oct. 31 | Louis Kaplow | Harvard Law School | Burden of Proof |
Nov. 7 | Gillian Hadfield | USC – School of Law | Law Without Coercion |
Nov. 28 | Rick Brooks | Yale University | The Morality of Breaching, Efficiently |
Nov. 30 | Ken Ayotte | Northwestern University | Subsidiary Entities and the Innovators Dilemma |
Spring 2011
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper Title |
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Feb. 7 | Daniel Schwarcz | University of Minnesota | Reevaluating Standardized Insurance Policies |
Feb. 14 | James Spindler | University of Texas | The Effects of Managerial Short-termism on Compensation, Effort, and Fraud |
Feb. 28 | Miguel de Figueiredo | Yale University | When do Voters Punish Corrupt Politicians? Experimental Evidence from Brazil |
Mar. 7 | Omri Ben Shahar | University of Chicago | Damages for Unlicensed Use |
Mar. 22 | Mark Morril | Viacom | Law and Economics of Viacom v. YouTube (Google) |
Mar. 28 | Eugenio Miravete | University of Texas | Sinking, Swimming, or Learning to Swim in Medicare Part D |
Apr. 4 | Joanna Shepherd | Emory University | Product Liability Reform and Businesses in High-Risk Industries: Establishments, Employment, and Economic Activity |
Apr. 19 | Tom McCoy | O’Melveny & Myers | Political, Legal, and Market Struggles of AMD against Intel |
Apr. 25 | Kathy Spier | Harvard University | Should Consumers be Permitted to Waive Products Liability? Product Safety, Private Contracts, and Adverse Selection |
May. 2 | Florencia Margotta-Wurgler | NYU | Does Disclosure Matter? |
Spring 2010
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper Title |
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Feb. 8 | Brian Chen | Stanford University | Stark Contrasts: The Impact of Prohibiting Physician Self-Referrals on the Prevalance of Overtreatment in Health Care |
Feb. 15 | Maxwell Stinchcombe | University of Texas | Torture in Counterterrorism: Agency Incentives and Slippery Slopes |
Mar. 1 | Jens Dammann | University of Texas | Corporate Law and Legal Determinacy |
Mar. 3 | David Abrams | University of Texas | Building Criminal Capital vs Specific Deterrence: The Effect of Incarceration Length on Recidivism |
Mar. 8 | David Adelman | University of Texas | Misplaced Fears in the Legislative Battle Over Affordable Biotech Drugs |
Apr. 5 | Mitch Poinsky | Stanford University | The Uneasy Case for Product Liability |
Apr. 12 | Ehud Guttel | Duke University | Negligence, Strict Liability and Collective Action |
Apr. 26 | Kathy Zeiler | Georgetown University | Endowment Effect Theory, Subject Misconceptions and Enhancement Effect Theory: A Reply to Isoni, Loomes and Sugden |
Fall 2009
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper Title |
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Aug. 31 | Abe Wickelgren | University of Texas | Overview of Theoretical Modeling in Law and Economics Opinions? |
Sep. 14 | Bernard Black | University of Texas | Overview of Empirical Research Methods |
Sep. 21 | Stefanie Lindquist | University of Texas | Overview of Research on Judicial Behavior |
Sep. 28 | Ronen Avraham | University of Texas | |
Oct. 5 | Abe Wickelgren | University of Texas | Private Regulation: A New Approach To The US Healthcare Crisis |
Oct. 12 | Richard Markovits | University of Texas | The Impact of Choice on Economic Efficiency |
Oct. 19 | Calvin Johnson | University of Texas | |
Oct. 26 | Deborah Weiss | University of Texas | |
Nov. 2 | Chris Sanchirico | University of Pennsylvania | |
Nov. 9 | Cliff Carrubba | Emory University | |
Nov. 16 | Nancy Staudt | Northwestern University | |
Nov. 30 | John de Figueiredo | UCLA |
Spring 2009
Fall 2008
Spring 2008
Spring 2007
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper Title |
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Jan. 22 | John Armour | American Enterprise Institute | The Costs and Benefits of Secured Creditor Control in Bankruptcy: Evidence from the UK |
Feb. 5 | Vic Khanna | University of Michigan | |
Feb. 12 | Vladimir Atanasov | College of William & Mary | Preemptive Rights and Anti-Dilution Protections around the World |
Feb. 19 | Katherine Litvak | University of Texas | |
Feb. 21 | Ken Ayotte | Columbia University | Asset-Backed Securities: Costs and Benefits of "Bankruptcy Remoteness" |
Feb. 26 | Michael Perino | St. John's University | Institutional Activism through Litigation: An Empirical Analysis of Public Pension Fund Participation in Securities Class Actions |
Mar. 5 | Woochan Kim | University of Texas | Who Cares about Control-Ownership Disparity in Emerging Markets |
Mar. 19 | Robert Hall | Stanford University | |
Mar. 26 | Deborah Weiss | University of Texas | |
Apr. 2 | Edward Iacobucci | University of Toronto | |
Apr. 9 | David Hyman | University of Illinois | |
Apr. 16 | Calvin Johnson | University of Texas | |
Apr. 23 | Richard Briffault | Columbia University | |
Apr. 30 | Laura Beny | University of Michigan |
Fall 2006
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper Title |
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Sep. 12 | Jim Hawkins | University of Texas | Just Until Payday |
Sep. 19 | Jesse Fried | University of California – Berkeley | The Need for Mandatory Disclosure in Noisy Markets |
Oct. 3 | Lee Fennell | University of Illinois | Property and Half-Torts |
Oct. 10 | Kathy Spier | Northwestern University | Strategic Judgment Proofing |
Oct. 24 | D. Gordon Smith | University of Wisconsin | Questions About Contracts |
Nov. 7 | Michael Barr | University of Michigan | Tax Filing Experiences and Withholding Preferences of Low and Moderate-Income Households: Preliminary Evidence from a New Survey |
Nov. 21 | Mary Rose | University of Texas | Can't, Don't Want To, or Nobody "Asked" Jury Participation as Civic Engagement |
Nov. 28 | Jay Westbrook & Henry Hu | University of Texas | The Abolition of a Duty to Creditors |
Dec. 5 | Katherine Porter | University of Iowa | Borrowing After Bankruptcy |
Spring 2006
Fall 2005
Spring 2005
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper Title |
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Jan. 24 | David Dana | Northwestern University | Using the Veil of Ignorance to Ensure Distributive Justice in Class Actions |
Feb. 7 | Ehud Kamar | USC | Beyond Competition for Corporations |
Feb. 14 | Clayton Gillette | NYU | The Political Economy of International Sales |
Feb. 21 | Katherine Litvak | University of Texas | Governance Through Exit: Default Penalties and Walkaway Options in Venture Capital Partnership Agreements |
Feb. 28 | Rick Sander | UCLA | A Systematic Analysis of Affirmative Action in American Law Schools |
Mar. 7 | Tom Baker | University of Connecticut | The Uses and Abuses of Empirical Research On the Validity of Medical Malpractice Claims |
Mar. 7 | Charles Silver & Bernard Black | University of Texas | Stability, Not Crisis: Medical Malpractice Claim Outcomes in Texas |
Mar. 21 | Jeffrey Rachlinski | Cornell University | Can Judges Ignore Inadmissible Information? |
Mar. 28 | Kathryn Zeiler | Georgetown University | Asymmetries in Exchange Behavior Incorrectly Interpreted as Evidence of Prospect Theory |
Apr. 4 | Brian Cheffins | University of Cambridge | Dividends and Politics |
Apr. 11 | Doron Teichman | University of Texas | Sex, Shame, and the Law: An Economic Perspective on Megan’s Laws |
Apr. 18 | Reinier Kraakman | Harvard University | CEO Job Tenure, Equity Ownership, and the Decision to Sell the Company |
Apr. 25 | Michael Heise | Cornell University | Judges, Juries, and Punitive Damages: Empirical Analyses |
May. 2 | Guhan Subaramian | Harvard University | Fixing Freezeouts |
Fall 2004
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper Title |
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Sep. 20 | Suzanne Scotchmner | University of California – Berkeley | The Political Economy of Intellectual Property Treaties |
Oct. 4 | Greg Sidak | American Enterprise Institute | Trade Secrets and the Option Value of Involuntary Exchange |
Oct. 7 | Josh Lerner | Harvard University | The Origins of Financial Innovations |
Oct. 18 | Rebecca Eisenberg | University of Michigan | The Role of the FDA in Innovation Policy |
Oct. 28 | John Duffy | George Washington University | Intellectual Property as Natural Monopoly |
Nov. 1 | Debora Spar | Harvard University | Ruling the Waves |
Nov. 8 | Douglas Lichtman | Harvard University | Rethinking Prosecution History Estoppel |
Nov. 15 | Petra Moser | MIT | What do Inventors Patent? |