Comments on: Update: Vandy's PhD in Law and Economics

By: Vanderbilt PhD Program in Law and Economics « Organizations and Markets

Vanderbilt PhD Program in Law and Economics « Organizations and Markets — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:35:59 +0000

[...] Vanderbilt University has become the onlyÂ US institutionÂ (as far as I know) to offer a PhD degree in Law and Economics. The program has a new web pageÂ describing the faculty, curriculum, seminar series (Henry Manne is on the Fall slate), and other practicalities. (Via Josh Wright.) [...]

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:00:08 +0000

Not to mention Froeb, Daughety, Reinganum, etc., on the IO side of things. I’m guessing such a field is in the works.

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 18:50:06 +0000

This is a great update to our discussion, Josh, on an issue to which all of us who care about Law & Economics ought to be paying close attention. I agree with you that the lack of macro makes sense and am equally puzzled by the lack of antitrust and IO. Presumably Kip Viscusi (who has a fine book on the subject co-authored with several scholars, including my friend and former IO teacher Joseph Harrington, Jr., a game theorist at Johns Hopkins of some renown) could easily handle both of these. But he’s likely very busy with many other things right now, so your question is a good one.

The next steps are to see which students they attract, what sort of work they produce, and where they end up placing. Let’s keep watching!