Access Restricted to Northwestern Law CommunityLaw and Economics
This is an advanced seminar that brings together outside scholars, resident faculty, and Northwestern students for discussion of cutting-edge research papers in the law and economics tradition. On just over half of the weeks, a workshop will be held at which a leading scholar will present a paper growing out of his or her research in the law and economics tradition. These workshops will be attended by members of the Northwestern Law faculty, faculty from other schools and departments within and outside of Northwestern, and interested students.
The Law & Economics Colloquium is sponsored by the Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth.
Spring 2010
Organized by Professors Ezra Friedman and Andrea Chandrasekher. The colloquia will take place at 4 p.m. in Rubloff 175 on the dates listed below.
Thursday January 21st
Lorens Helmchen, Assistant Professor, School of Public Health and Institute of Government and Public Affairs University of Illinois at Chicago.
How Does Proactive Disclosure of Medical Error Affect Settlement, Suit, and the Accuracy of Compensation and Deterrence?
Thursday January 28h
Stuart Graham, Assistant Professor, Georgia Tech, College of Management.
Separating Patent Wheat from Chaff: Would the U.S. Benefit from Adopting a Patent Post-Grant Review?
Thursday February 11th
Alan Jagolinzer, Assistant Professor of Accounting, Stanford Graduate School of Business,
Performance Based Incentives for Internal Monitors
Thursday February 18th
Claudia Landeo, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Alberta, Department of Economics (Visiting Northwestern)
Naked Exclusion: An Experimental Study of Contracts with Externalities
Thursday March 4th
Jonathan Guryan, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business,
Birth Cohort and the Black-White Achievement Gap: The Roles of Access and Health Soon After Birth
Thursday March 11th
Marianne Bitler, Associate Professor of Economics, University of California Irvine,
Insurance Mandates and Mammography
Thursday April 8th
Anna Aizer, Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Brown University,
Juvenile Incarceration and Adult Outcomes: Evidence from Randomly-Assigned Judges
Thursday April 15th
Jiro Kondo, Assistant Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management,
Vagueness as Adjudicator Authority: Theory and Evidence on Contract Vagueness and Enforcement Evaluation
For more information contact Michael Sobczak at (312) 503-0925 or at m-sobczak@law.northwestern.edu.
Fall 2009
Organized by Professor Max Schanzenbach, Benjamin Mazur Professor of Law and Professor Kenneth Ayotte, Associate Professor of Law. The colloquia will take place at 4 p.m. in Schachtman-Gordon Hall (Rubloff 339) on the dates listed below.
September 17
Paola Sapienza, Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Moral and Social Constraints to Strategic Default on Mortgages
September 24
Thomas J. Miles, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Chicago
Racial Disparities in the Allocation of Wiretap Applications across Federal Judges
October 8
Emily Owens, Assistant Professor, Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University
Media and the Criminal Justice System
October 15
David A. Matsa, Assistant Professor, Kellogg School of Management
Growing Out of Trouble? Managerial Responses to Risk of Corporate Liability
October 29
Richard Hynes, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
Why Banks are Not Allowed in Bankruptcy
November 5
Shmuel Leshem, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Southern California
The Benefits of a Right to Silence for the Innocent
Appendix
November 19
Jens C. Dammann, Professor of Law, University of Texas
Where Are Limited Liability Companies Formed? An Empirical Analysis
December 1
Jens Ludwig, Professor, University of Chicago Law School & Harris School of Public Policy
The Effects Of School Desegregation On Crime
