Law and Economics Colloquium
Professors Jennifer Arlen and Ryan Bubb
Spring 2013
Tuesday, 4:00-5:50 p.m.
Vanderbilt Hall, Room 202
LAW-LW.10864.001
2 credits
Faculty from NYU and other institutions will present current research in law and economics. Students in the colloquium will evaluate and critique this research as guided by the professors in the course. Students do not need a background in economics but it is helpful. Students will not need to perform mathematical calculations, but will need to be comfortable with basic arithmetic and rudimentary calculus (taking a first derivative) in order to follow class presentations.
Spring 2013 Schedule of Presenters
January 29
Michal Barzuza, University of Virginia School of Law
Schoon-er or Later: Legal Change and Corporate Governance Dynamics
February 12
Mark Roe, Harvard Law School
A Capital Market, Corporate Law Approach to Creditor Conduct
March 5
Bernie Black, Northwestern University School of Law
"Perils in Multicountry Studies of Corporate Governance: Time-Series Evidence from the BRIKT Countries (Brazil, Russia, India, Korea, Turkey)"
March 26
Amanda Rose, Vanderbilt Law School
"BETTER BOUNTY HUNTING: HOW THE SEC’S NEW WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM CHANGES THE SECURITIES FRAUD CLASS ACTION DEBATE"
April 9
Richard Holden, School of Economics, Australian School of Business,
University of New South Wales
April 23
Robert Jackson, Columbia Law School
May 7
Fred Tung, Boston University School of Law