NYU School of Law - Colloquium on Economic Analysis of Law


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Professors: Jennifer Arlen and Oren Bar-Gill
New York University School of Law
40 Washington Square South
Room 202
New York, NY 10012-1099

The colloquium meets on select Tuesdays (see Schedule below) between 4:00 p.m. - 5:50 p.m.

Description
Faculty from NYU and other institutions will present current research in the economic analysis of law. Students in the colloquium will evaluate and critique this research as guided by the professors in the course. A student in the colloquium should have an interest in economics but need not possess advanced math skills.

We look forward to seeing you at the Colloquium.

Prerequisite(s)
none

Spring 08 Schedule of Speakers

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Date	Speaker	Paper
1/29	Geoffrey Miller	"Arbitration’s Summer Soldiers: An Empirical Study of Arbitration Clauses in Consumer and Nonconsumer Contracts."
2/12	Adair Morse Christopher Peterson	"Payday Lenders: Heroes or Villains?" "Usury Law, Payday Loans and Statutory Sleight of Hand"
3/4	Mark Geistfeld	"Efficiency, Fairness, and the Economic Analysis of Tort Law"
3/25	Kathy Zeiler	"Do Insurer Reserving Practices Explain Liability Insurance Premium Fluctuations? An Empirical Study at the Claim Level" (co-authors: Charles Silver and Tom Baker)
4/8	Lauren Willis	"Against Financial Literacy Education"
4/22	Abe Wickelgren	"Precontractual Reliance: Information Revelation and Investment Incentives"