Fred McChesney

Class of 1967 James B. Haddad Professor of Law

Phone: (312) 503-2277
E-mail: f-mcchesney@law.northwestern.edu

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Related Links: The Center for the Study of Industrial Organization | Center for Legal Studies

Fred S. McChesney is a leader in doing empirical work from an economics perspective, whose primary scholarly teaching interests are in the area of business and antitrust law and their intersection with economic theory. Prior to commencing his academic career, he served as Associate Director for Policy and Evaluation at the Federal Trade Commission.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Business Associations
Antitrust Law
Consumer Law

Corporate Finance
Law and Economics

COURSES

PUBLICATIONS

Recent Publications

Um Fundamento Econômico Ordinário para Sanções Legais Extraordinárias, LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES , 2008
Una Justificación Económica Ordinaria para Sanciones Legales Extraordinarias, LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES , 2008
Delivered Pricing in Theory and Policy Practice, ANTITRUST BULLETIN , 2007
More Can Be Better: Antitrust Rules Concerning Contribution and Setoffs , ANTITRUST BULLETIN , 2007
Coase, Demsetz, and the Unending Externality Debate, CATO JOURNAL, 2006

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JOINT APPOINTMENTS

Faculty, Kellogg School of Management

EDUCATION

AB magna cum laude, Holy Cross College
JD cum laude, University of Miami
PhD, University of Virginia

PRIOR APPOINTMENTS

Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
Robert T. Thompson Professor of Law and Business, Professor of Economics, Associate Professor of Law, Assistant Professor of Law, Emory University
Associate Director for Policy and Evaluation, Federal Trade Commission
Attorney, Steptoe & Johnson
Law Clerk, Hon. A.T. Goodwin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

RECENT CONSULTING ACTIVITIES

General counsel, Southern Economic Association