Law, Economics & Organization Workshop
Fall 2001
September 13Ward Farnsworth (Boston University, Law)The Economics of Enmity
September 20Manfred Holler (University of Hamburg, Economics)Classical, Modern and New Game Theory
October 4 Sanjai Bhagat (University of Colorado, Business and Administration)The Effect of Takeovers on Shareholder ValueTables and Figures
October 18 Yakov Amihud (NYU, Business)Allocations, Adverse Selection and Cascades in IPOs/Evidence from Israel
November 8 Robert Cooter (USC, Berkeley, Law)Anti-Insurance
November 15Fiona Scott Morton (Yale, Management)Consumer Information and Price Discrimination: Does the Internet Affect the Pricing of New Cars to Women and Minorities
November 29 Robert Ellickson (Yale, Law)The Law and Economics of the Household
December 13 Andrew Postlewaite (UPenn, Economics)Courts of Law and Unforeseen Contingencies. Co-authored with Luca Anderlini at Georgetown University and Leonardo Felli at London School of Economics.
Spring 2002
January 31 Raghu Rajan (University of Chicago, Business)Property Rights and the Taming of the Government. Co-authored with Luigi Zingales.
February 7Gary Libecap (University of Arizona, Economics)Small Farms, Externalities, and The Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Small Farms, Externalities, and The Dust Bowl of the 1930s.(tables/figures)
February 21 Katharina Pistor (Harvard, Kennedy School)Incomplete Law: A Conceptual and Analytical Framework. Co-authored with Chenggang Xu, Department of Economics, London School of Economics
March 7Stephen Ross (UConn, Economics)Loan Denied: What is Known About Discrimination in Mortgage Lending. Co-authored with John Yinger.
March 28 Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes (Yale, Management)Courts: The Lex Mundi Project
April 11 James Druckman (University of Minnesota, Political Science)Bargaining Models in the Context of Parliamentary Coalitions
April 25Robert E. Scott (Visiting/Columbia, Law) The Rise and Fall of Article 2
May 9 Gideon Parchomovsky (Fordham, Law)"Towards an Integrated Theory of Intellectual Property."
