Curriculum Vitae
YAIR J. LISTOKIN
Associate Professor of Law, Yale Law School
P.O. Box 208215
New Haven, CT 06520-8215
(203) 436-2567
yair.listokin@.yale.edu
EMPLOYMENT
Yale Law School, 2006-present
Associate Professor of Law
The Honorable Richard A. Posner, 2005-2006
Law Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
EDUCATION
Yale Law School, J.D., 2005
John M. Olin Prize Winner (best student paper in law and economics) 2003, 2004, 2005.
Princeton University, Ph.D. (Economics), 2002; M.A. (Economics), 2000
Harold Willis Dodds Fellowship.
NSF Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention.
Harvard University, A.B. magna cum laude (Economics), 1998
John Harvard Scholarship.
Harvard College Scholarship.
National Merit Scholar.
PUBLICATIONS
Is Secured Debt Used to Redistribute Value from Tort Claimants in Bankruptcy? An Empirical Analysis, DUKE LAW JOURNAL (2008) (forthcoming).
Paying for Performance in Bankruptcy: Why CEOs Should be Compensated with Debt, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW REVIEW (2007) (forthcoming).
Crime and (with a lag) Punishment: Equitable Sentencing and the Implications of Discounting, AMERICAN CRIMINAL LAW REVIEW (2007) (forthcoming).
The Empirical Case for Specific Performance: Evidence from the IBP-Tyson Litigation, 2 JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL LEGAL STUDIES 469 (2005).
Optimal Trust Design in Mass Tort Bankruptcies, 7 AMERICAN LAW AND ECONOMICS REVIEW 403 (2005) (with Kenneth Ayotte).
Future Oriented Gang Members? Gang Finances and the Theory of Present Oriented Criminals, 64 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY 1073 (2005).
Protecting Future Claimants in Mass Tort Bankruptcies, 98 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 1435 (2004) (with Kenneth Ayotte).
Does More Crime Mean More Prisoners? An Instrumental Variables Approach, 46 JOURNAL OF LAW AND ECONOMICS 181 (2003).
Efficient Time Bars? A New Rationale for the Existence of Statutes of Limitations in Criminal Law, 31 JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES 99 (2002).
Mortgage Lending under Tribal Sovereignty: Efforts to Expand Mortgage Lending on the Navajo Nation, 33 URBAN LAWYER 433 (2001).
WORKING PAPERS
"Management Always Wins the Close Ones," 2007
“What do Corporate Default Rules and Menus Do? An Empirical Examination,” 2006.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
“Corporate Governance and the Charter Amendment Process: Evidence from State Antitakeover Statutes,” 2007.
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Primary Interests: Business Organizations, Bankruptcy, Contracts, Corporate Finance, Empirical Legal Studies.
Additional Interests: Federal Income Taxation, Law and Economics, Secured Transactions.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY
Summer Associate, 2004. Participated in Chapter 11 proceedings. Wrote memorandum on calculation of lost profits as a remedy for breach of contract.
United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, New York, NY
Intern for the Honorable Allan L. Gropper, Spring 2004. Wrote bench memoranda and observed court proceedings for a variety of large and small Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 proceedings.
Friedman, Kaplan, Seiler & Adelman, New York, NY
Summer Associate, 2003. Wrote memorandum on Sarbanes-Oxley requirements for audit committee financial experts. Participated in convertible debt offering.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member: American Law and Economics Association, American Economic Association.
Referee: Journal of Law, Economics & Organization, Journal of Legal Studies.
Associate Professor of Law, Yale Law School
P.O. Box 208215
New Haven, CT 06520-8215
(203) 436-2567
yair.listokin@.yale.edu
EMPLOYMENT
Yale Law School, 2006-present
Associate Professor of Law
The Honorable Richard A. Posner, 2005-2006
Law Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
EDUCATION
Yale Law School, J.D., 2005
John M. Olin Prize Winner (best student paper in law and economics) 2003, 2004, 2005.
Princeton University, Ph.D. (Economics), 2002; M.A. (Economics), 2000
Harold Willis Dodds Fellowship.
NSF Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention.
Harvard University, A.B. magna cum laude (Economics), 1998
John Harvard Scholarship.
Harvard College Scholarship.
National Merit Scholar.
PUBLICATIONS
Is Secured Debt Used to Redistribute Value from Tort Claimants in Bankruptcy? An Empirical Analysis, DUKE LAW JOURNAL (2008) (forthcoming).
Paying for Performance in Bankruptcy: Why CEOs Should be Compensated with Debt, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW REVIEW (2007) (forthcoming).
Crime and (with a lag) Punishment: Equitable Sentencing and the Implications of Discounting, AMERICAN CRIMINAL LAW REVIEW (2007) (forthcoming).
The Empirical Case for Specific Performance: Evidence from the IBP-Tyson Litigation, 2 JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL LEGAL STUDIES 469 (2005).
Optimal Trust Design in Mass Tort Bankruptcies, 7 AMERICAN LAW AND ECONOMICS REVIEW 403 (2005) (with Kenneth Ayotte).
Future Oriented Gang Members? Gang Finances and the Theory of Present Oriented Criminals, 64 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY 1073 (2005).
Protecting Future Claimants in Mass Tort Bankruptcies, 98 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 1435 (2004) (with Kenneth Ayotte).
Does More Crime Mean More Prisoners? An Instrumental Variables Approach, 46 JOURNAL OF LAW AND ECONOMICS 181 (2003).
Efficient Time Bars? A New Rationale for the Existence of Statutes of Limitations in Criminal Law, 31 JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES 99 (2002).
Mortgage Lending under Tribal Sovereignty: Efforts to Expand Mortgage Lending on the Navajo Nation, 33 URBAN LAWYER 433 (2001).
WORKING PAPERS
"Management Always Wins the Close Ones," 2007
“What do Corporate Default Rules and Menus Do? An Empirical Examination,” 2006.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
“Corporate Governance and the Charter Amendment Process: Evidence from State Antitakeover Statutes,” 2007.
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Primary Interests: Business Organizations, Bankruptcy, Contracts, Corporate Finance, Empirical Legal Studies.
Additional Interests: Federal Income Taxation, Law and Economics, Secured Transactions.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY
Summer Associate, 2004. Participated in Chapter 11 proceedings. Wrote memorandum on calculation of lost profits as a remedy for breach of contract.
United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, New York, NY
Intern for the Honorable Allan L. Gropper, Spring 2004. Wrote bench memoranda and observed court proceedings for a variety of large and small Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 proceedings.
Friedman, Kaplan, Seiler & Adelman, New York, NY
Summer Associate, 2003. Wrote memorandum on Sarbanes-Oxley requirements for audit committee financial experts. Participated in convertible debt offering.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member: American Law and Economics Association, American Economic Association.
Referee: Journal of Law, Economics & Organization, Journal of Legal Studies.