Abraham Wickelgren

Assistant Professor of Law

Phone: (312) 503-1042
E-mail: a-wickelgren@law.northwestern.edu

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Abe Wickelgren joins Northwestern Law's faculty following his post as a lecturer in the department of economics at the University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on law and economics and antitrust. He holds a JD and a PhD in economics from Harvard University and is a previous recipient of the Olin Fellowship in Law and Economics.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Law and Economics

Antitrust Law

COURSES

Searle Colloquium: Law and Economics

PUBLICATIONS

Recent Publications

Advantage Defendant: Why Sinking Litigation Costs Makes Negative-Expected-Value Defenses but Not Negative-Expected-Value Suits Credible, JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES , 2009
No Free Lunch: How Settlement Can Reduce the Legal System’s Ability to Induce Efficient Behavior , SMU LAW REVIEW, 2008
The Limitations of Buyer-Option Contracts in Solving the Holdup Problem, JOURNAL OF LAW, ECONOMICS, & ORGANIZATION , 2007
A Right to Silence for Civil Defendants?, January 16, 2006
Government and the Reverse-Holdup Problem, JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMIC THEORY , 2007

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EDUCATION

AB, Harvard University
JD, Harvard University
PhD, Harvard University

PRIOR APPOINTMENTS

Department of Economics, University of Texas at Austin