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 2009

Date Speaker School Paper Title Room #
Jan. 26 Georg Vanberg University of North Carolina Does the Median Justice Control the Content of Supreme Court Opinions? TNH 2.111
Feb. 2 Paul Collins University of North Texas Cognitive Dissonance on the Supreme Court TNH 2.137
Feb. 9 Alexander Volokh Emory University Why Do Judges Read Statutes? TNH 2.111
Feb. 16 Tracey George Vanderbilt University Remaking the United States Supreme Court in the Courts of Appeals Image TNH 2.111
Feb. 23 Tom Clark Emory University Judicial Selection Methods and Judicial Independence TNH 2.111
March 2 Nuno Garoupa University of Illinois Judicial Audiences and Reputation: Perspectives from Comparative Law Reputation, Information, and the Industrial Organization of the Judiciary TNH 2.111
March 9 Bernard Black University of Texas at Austin How Corporate Governance Affects Firm Value: Evidence on Channels from Korea TNH 2.111
March 23 Kirk Stark UCLA Law Rich States, Poor States: American Federalism and the Politics of Fiscal Equalization TNH 2.137
March 30 William Howell University of Chicago War-Time Judgments of Presidential Power: Striking Down but Not Back TNH 2.111
April 13 Matthew Stephenson Harvard University Judicial Deference to Inconsistent Agency Statutory Interpretations TNH 2.137
April 20 Stefanie Lindquist University of Texas at Austin Law The Strategy of Judicial Review TNH 2.111
April 27 Lydia Tiede University of Houston (Political Science) Legal Reform and Good Governance: Assessing Rights and Economic Development in Chile TNH 2.111
May 4 Charles Silver University of Texas at Austin Law The Quasi-Class Action Method of Managing Multidistrict Litigations: Problems and a Proposal TNH 2.111

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