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

Fall 2008

Date Speaker School Paper Title Room #
Sep 8 Calvin Johnson University of Texas School of Law The Effective Tax Ratio and the Undertaxation of Intangible Investments TNH 3.127
Sep 15 Katherine Litvak University of Texas School of Law Defensive Management: Does the Sarabanes-Oxley Act Discourage Corporate Risk-Taking? TNH 3.127
Sep 22 Mark Hall Wake Forest University Property, Privacy, and the Pursuit of Integrated Electronic Medical Records TNH 3.127
Sep 29 (lunch) Abe Wickelgren Northwestern University School of Law tba TNH 3.127
Oct 6 Glynn Lunney Tulane University Patents and Growth: Empirical Evidence From The States TNH 3.127
Oct 13 Deborah Weiss University of Texas School of Law The Paradox of Statistical Discrimination TNH 3.127
Oct 20 Laura Beny University of Michigan Law School Private Regulation of Insider Trading in the Shadow of Lax Public Enforcement (and a Strong Neighbor) Evidence from Canadian Firms TNH 3.127
Oct 27 John Pfaff Fordham University The Myths and Realities of Correctional Severity: Evidence from the National Corrections Reporting Program on Sentencing Practices TNH 3.127
Nov 3 Donna Shestovsky University of California, Davis Discerning Children's True and False Memories TNH 3.127
Nov 10 Dino Falaschetti Florida State University School of Law Auditor Independence and Earnings Quality: Evidence for Market Discipline vs. Sarbanes-Oxley Proscriptions TNH 3.127
Nov 17 Ronen Avraham Northwestern University School of Law Should Courts Ignore Ex post Information When Determining Contract Damages? A Re-evaluation of Contract Remedies TNH 3.127
Nov 24 Josh Wright George Mason University School of Law The Effects of Vertical Restraints on Output: Evidence from the Beer Industry TNH 3.127
Dec 1 Holger Spamann Harvard University Legal Origins of Crime and Punishment TNH 3.127

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