Yair Listokin
Deputy Dean and Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law
Yair Listokin is Deputy Dean and the Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law at Yale Law School. His scholarship studies tax law, corporate law, bankruptcy law, contract law, and the law of central banking.
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Contact Information
- Room L35
- 203-436-2567
- yair.listokin@yale.edu
Faculty Assistant
Shannon Casanova
- 220
- 203-432-5143
- shannon.casanova@yale.edu
Education & Curriculum Vitae
J.D., Yale Law School, 2005
Ph.D., Princeton University, 2002
M.A., Princeton University, 2000
A.B., Harvard University, 1998
Courses Taught
- Federal Income Taxation
- Contracts
- Law and Macroeconomics
- Law, Economics, and Organization
Yair Listokin is Deputy Dean and the Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law at Yale Law School. His scholarship studies tax law, corporate law, bankruptcy law, contract law, and the law of central banking. His research emphasizes a macroeconomic perspective that differs dramatically from the microeconomic perspective that dominates law and economics. In his 2019 book, Law and Macroeconomics: Legal Remedies to Recessions (Harvard University Press), Professor Listokin argues that law offers an under-developed but desperately needed tool for stabilizing depressed economies when monetary and fiscal policy prove inadequate. Professor Listokin has been honored with a Milton Friedman Fellowship from the Becker-Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago and has served as a Visiting Professor at Columbia Law School, Harvard Law School, and NYU School of Law. His research has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, cnn.com, The Boston Globe, and Vox. In addition to his interests in law and macroeconomics, Professor Listokin studies the determinants of mental health in the legal profession.
Monday, March 20, 2023
How Not to Break the Bank
Work by Professors Yair Listokin and Natasha Sarin point out some of the flaws in the current banking regulatory system and steps that should be considered moving forward.
Thursday, March 16, 2023
To Prevent Bank Runs, Fix Bank Governance — A Commentary by Yair Listokin ’05
The Hill
Yair Listokin ’05 is Deputy Dean and the Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, March 10, 2023
Law School Co-Hosts Law and Economics Conference in Jerusalem
Yale Law School and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem will jointly host a March 19 conference that presents new scholarship in law and economics.
Sunday, December 25, 2022
How To Help the Fed and Avoid a Recession — A Commentary by Yair Listokin ’05 and Rory Van Loo
The Hill
Yair Listokin ’05 is Deputy Dean and the Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, July 14, 2022
Elon Musk Bought Twitter. Now He Must Own It — A Commentary by Yair Listokin ’05 and Jonathan Zytnick ’11
The New York Times
Yair Listokin ’05 is Deputy Dean and Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Maybe Lawyers Aren’t Uniquely Unhappy After All, Study Says
Reuters
A study by Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law Yair Listokin ’05 and Ray Noonan ’21 on mental health and the legal profession is the subject of a recent report.
Thursday, December 9, 2021
Bring Back the Tax Ferrets — A Commentary by Yair Listokin '05
Bloomberg Tax
Yair Listokin is the Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, November 4, 2021
Macroeconomics Conference Examines Law in a Post-Pandemic World
In October, Yale Law School partnered with several institutions from around the globe to host the Fourth Conference on Law and Macroeconomics.
Monday, May 10, 2021
It's Time for the IRS to Question Legacy Admissions — A Commentary by Yair Listokin ’05
Inside Higher Ed
Yair Listokin ’05 is the Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, March 4, 2021
Give strained student loan borrowers their fresh start — A Commentary by Yair Listokin ’05
The Hill
Yair Listokin ’05 is the Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Professor Listokin’s Research Used in Washington Center for Equitable Growth Factsheet
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth has adapted the research of Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law Yair Listokin ’05 into a factsheet titled, “Executive action to coordinate federal countercyclical regulatory policy.”
Friday, October 16, 2020
New Law School Workshop Explores Impact of COVID Across All Aspects of Law and Policy
The Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy has convened a weekly interdisciplinary workshop with leading experts from law, policy, economics, health, and governance to address issues related to all aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Listokin Awarded Gaddis Smith International Book Prize
Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law Yair Listokin ’05 has been awarded the Gaddis Smith International Book Prize for Law and Macroeconomics: Legal Remedies to Recessions.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Congress must stop unemployment tax increases from worsening crisis — A Commentary by Yair Listokin ’05
The Hill
Yair Listokin ’05 is the Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, March 30, 2020
Yair Listokin on COVID-19 and the Economy
Yair Listokin ’05, Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law at Yale Law School, answered questions about the interconnected threats of COVID-19 and recession and what law and regulation can do to stimulate the economy without harming public health.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
The missing piece from the stimulus package that could boost the economy — A Commentary by Yair Listokin ’05
CNN
Yair Listokin ’05 is the Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, March 23, 2020
How Far Could the Fed Go in Responding to COVID-19?
Knowledge@Wharton
Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law Yair Listokin ’05 is quoted in a Knowledge@Warton articleabout the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank’s response to the coronavirus. He is interviewed in a related podcast.
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Fighting the next recession in the United States with law and regulation, not just fiscal and monetary policies
Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law Yair Listokin has written one of the 21 essays in “Vision 2020: Evidence for a stronger economy,” a compilation presenting innovative, evidence-based, and concrete ideas to shape the 2020 policy debate from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth.
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
What Christine Lagarde’s ECB Presidency Means for the Treaty of Lisbon — A Commentary by Yair Listokin ’05
EU Reporter
Yair Listokin ’05 is the Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, June 6, 2019
The Economics of Tax Policy
Tax Notes
Shibley Family Fund Professor Yair Listokin ’05 was interviewed on a podcast about topics from his new book, Law and Macroeconomics: Legal Remedies to Recessions.
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
How the Law Can Boost Recession Recovery
Knowledge@Wharton
Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law Yair Listokin '05 took part in a radio Q&A about his new book, Macroeconomics: Legal Remedies to Recessions.
Thursday, April 4, 2019
Is Law Necessary to Save the Nation from the Next Economic Recession? — A Commentary by Yair Listokin ’05
The Hill
Yair Listokin '05 is the Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Can Law Cure a Recession?
Law and Macroeconomics: Legal Remedies to Recessions is the new book by Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law Yair Listokin ’05.
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Director's Cut: The case for a legislative remedy for recessions
The Sound of Economics
Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law Yair Listokin ’05 discussed how law might be deployed as a macroeconomic tool to counter financial crisis.
Friday, March 9, 2018
Let the feds’ cap on tax deductions stand—A Commentary by Yair Listokin ’05
The New York Times
Yair Listokin ’05 is the Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, September 1, 2016
Dow Chemical Share Trading Benefits Buffett, Yale Professor Says
Bloomberg
Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law Yair Listokin ’05 is quoted in an article about possible price manipulation of Dow Chemical stock.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Dow Chemical’s 1-in-1000 Stock Action Works in Warren Buffett’s Favor
Wall Street Journal
Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law Yair Listokin ’05 is quoted in an article about possible price manipulation of Dow Chemical stock.
Sunday, April 3, 2016
Here’s why we should abolish Tax Day—A Commentary by Yair Listokin ’05
The Boston Globe
Yair Listokin ’05 is the Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, November 13, 2015
Yair Listokin ’05 to Deliver Shibley Inaugural Lecture
Yair Listokin ’05, the Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law, will deliver a lecture titled “What Happened to Macro in Law and Economics?” on November 16.
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Ask the Experts: Turning Taxes Into an Investment
WalletHub.com
Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law Yair Listokin ’05 is interviewed in an article about the return on investment of tax dollars.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Professors Listokin, Priest, and Rodríguez Receive New Faculty Appointments
The Yale Corporation has voted to approve three new appointments to the Yale Law School faculty.