The Law, Economics, and Organization Workshop, which was established in 1984, is an interdisciplinary workshop that brings to Yale Law School social scientists and legal scholars, generally from other universities, whose research involves a broad range of issues.

2008-2009 Schedule

The workshop meets from 4:10-5:40 p.m. in Room 121.
For further information, please contact
Deborah Sestito at (203) 432-4830 or deborah.sestito@yale.edu

Fall 2008

September 11	Professor Enrichetta Ravina, New York University/Stern Love & Loans.  The Effect of Beauty and Personal Characteristics in Credit Markets
September 25	Professor Amy Finkelstein, MIT/Economics Estimating Welfare in Insurance Markets Using Variation in Prices (with Mark Cullen and Liran Einav)
October 16	Professor Joel Slemrod, Michigan/Business The Coase Theorem and Tax Law (with Kyle Logue)
October 30	Professor Ilyana Kuziemko, Princeton/Economics "Dodging Up" to College or "Dodging Down" to Jail:  Behavioral Responses to the Vietnam Draft by Race and Class.
November 13	Professor Edward Iacobucci, Toronto/Law "Does Departing from Mandatory Corporate Law Increase Value?"
December 4	Professor David Haddock, Northwestern/Law Bad Public Goods—CAFE—The Corporate Average Fuel Economy Mandate, with Federico Boffa and Stephania Proporato
December 18	Professor David Autor, MIT/Economics The Effect of Transfer Income on Labor Force Participation and Enrollment in Federal Benefits Programs:  Evidence from the Veterans Disability Compensation Program (with Mark Duggan)

Spring 2009

Course requirements for registered students
LEO Course Requirements 
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January 29	Professor Betsey Stevenson, Penn/Wharton The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness
February 12	Professor James Snyder, MIT/Political Science and Economics The Returns to U.S. Congressional Seats in the Mid-19th Century
February 26	Professor Richard Craswell, Stanford/Law When is a Willful Breach ‘Willful’?  The Link Between Definitions and Damages
March 12	Professor Edward Morrison, Columbia/Law Creditor Control and Conflict in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy (with Kenneth M. Ayotte)
April 2	Professor Polk Wagner, Penn/Law Did Phillips Change Anything?  Empirical Analysis of the Federal Circuit's Claim Construction Jurisprudence
April 16	Professor Ronen Avraham, University of Texas/Law The Impact of Tort Reform on Intensity of Treatment:  Evidence from the Heart Patients