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 2009 | Spring 2009 | Fall 2008 | Spring 2008 | Spring 2007

Fall 2006 | Spring 2006 | Fall 2005 | Spring 2005 | Fall 2004

Spring 2006

Date Speaker School Paper Title
January 23 Abe Wickelgren Texas Why Divorce Laws Matter: Incentives for Non-Contractible Marital Investments Under Unilateral and Consent Divorce
January 30 Joshua Wright George Mason Measuring the Impact of Slotting Fees on Consumer Welfare
February 6 Anita Anand Queen's Univ., Canada Voluntary Adoption of Corporate Governance Mechanisms: The Role of Domestic and International Governance Standards
February 13 Scott Baker North Carolina Deterrence, Lawsuits, and Litigation Outcomes Under Court Errors
February 20 Ronen Avraham Northwestern Impact of Tort Reforms on Medical Malpractice Awards, 1991-1998
Tort Reform Tables
February 27 Alex Stein Cardozo Ambiguity Aversion and the Criminal Process
March 6 Paul Wahlbeck George Washington The Influence of Oral Arguments on the U.S. Supreme Court
March 13 Spring Break
March 20 Kate Litvak Texas The Effect of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Non-US Companies Cross-Listed in the US
March 27 Érica Gorga Texas Knowledge Resources and Their Implications for the Theory of the Firm and Corporate Governance
April 3 Andy Morriss Case Western Defining What to Regulate: Silica & the Problem of Regulatory Categorization

The Production, Consumption and Content of Legal Scholarship: A Longitudinal Analysis
April 10 Stefanie Lindquist Vanderbilt Judicial Review by the Burger and Rehnquist Courts: Explaining Justices' Responses to Constitutional Challenges
April 17 Jens Dammann Texas Extraterritorial Courts for Corporate Law
April 24 Jeffrey Segal Stony Brook The Changing Dynamics of Senate Voting on Supreme Court Nominees
May 1 James Spriggs UC Davis "Courting the Public: Judicial Behavior and Public Views of Court Decisions"

Copies of speakers’ papers will be posted as they become available.