Workshop Series
The Law, Business, and Economics Workshop Series serves as an important focal point at the University of Texas for research on the economic analysis of law and business. The workshop generally involves presentations by guests from outside the University community. Students can take the workshop as a course, which focuses on their presentation of written critiques of each of the papers presented in the workshop series.
Workshops are held at 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., see schedule below for room location
Fall 2004
| Date | Speaker | School | Paper Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 20 | Suzanne Scotchmer | Berkeley (Economics) | "The Political Economy of Intellectual Property Treaties" |
| October 4 | Greg Sidak | American Enterprise Institute | "Trade Secrets and the Option Value of Involuntary Exchange" |
| October 7 | Josh Lerner | Harvard (Business) | "The Origins of Financial Innovations" |
| October 18 | Rebecca Eisenberg | University of Michigan (Law) | "The Role of the FDA in Innovation Policy" |
| October 28 | John Duffy | GWU (Law) | "Intellectual Property as Natural Monopoly" |
| November 1 | Debora Spar | Harvard (Business) | "Ruling the Waves" |
| November 8 | Douglas Lichtman | Chicago (Law) | "Rethinking Prosecution History Estoppel" |
| November 15 | Petra Moser | MIT (Economics) | "What do Inventors Patent?" |
Copies of speakers’ papers will be posted as they become available.