Who's Got Blog Juice?
Paul Caron reports on scores using the “Blog Juice” calculator for a few of his favorite law blogs. “Juice,” apparently, refers to an Index score combining Bloglines subscribers (40%), Alexa rank (15%), Technorati ranking (30%), and the count of inbound Technorati links (15%). The Juice Index is not a very good measure of “Juice,” see ... Who's Got Blog Juice?
Monday Morning Quarterback — Nobel Edition
I don’t have much to say about this one. I don’t know much about Edmund Phelps’ work (here’s his CV). As Geoff commented in response to my erroneous prediction, the award did indeed go to an economist who “has never been in my kitchen,” and thus Geoff will be doing some fine dining on me. ... Monday Morning Quarterback — Nobel Edition
Nobel Speculation and Some Very Casual Empiricism
With the Econ Nobel (or for those who feel better using the official label, the “Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel” … ) to be announced on Monday, the time is ripe for speculation. Greg Mankiw, Don Boudreaux, the WSJ, and Tyler Cowen have chimed in on the frontrunners. Cowen ... Nobel Speculation and Some Very Casual Empiricism
Update: Vandy's PhD in Law and Economics
A few months ago, Keith posted regarding the announcement of Vanderbilt’s new PhD program in Law and Economics. The post generated a lively discussion in the comments (and a follow up post here on GMU’s own Law and Econ program). Much of the discussion focused on the following questions: what would such a program should ... Update: Vandy's PhD in Law and Economics
Symposium Announcement: Behavioral Economics & Classical Liberalism
Next Friday, October 13th at NYU School of Law, the NYU Journal of Law & Liberty will host a symposium entitled: “Behavioral Economics’ Challenge to the Classical Liberal Program.” I will be a panelist in the second session, “Libertarian Paternalism and Consumer Contracts,” and am looking forward to it. I am preparing for this symposium ... Symposium Announcement: Behavioral Economics & Classical Liberalism
A Few Thoughts on Law School Specialization
The topic of specialization in law school faculties has come up again in the blogosphere, as tends to be the case around hiring season. Mark Fenster starts us off at Prawfs with a very thoughtful post noting some of the potential costs associated with specialization and concludes: To me, the ideal law school would be ... A Few Thoughts on Law School Specialization
Starbucks Antitrust Update
WSJ Law Blog offers a follow up (and the complaint!) to Keith’s post (also check out the discussion in the comments) on the antitrust suit filed by an independent coffee shop owner against Starbucks concerning the use of exclusive leases with landowners. After reviewing the complaint, I agree with Lauren Albert, the antitrust lawyer quoted ... Starbucks Antitrust Update
AMD-Intel Update
Judge Farnan dismisses AMD’s foreign commerce claims for lack of jurisdiction. (HT: Antitrust Review, who also has the opinion).
AEI/Brookings Antitrust Volume
The AEI and Brookings have released a volume entitled “Antitrust Policy and Vertical Restraints.” You can check out the contents here, and it is available for purchase here. The volume focuses primarily on tying, and includes a well-rounded set of important contributions from Robert Hahn, Dennis Carlton & Michael Waldman, David Evans, and my colleague ... AEI/Brookings Antitrust Volume
CELS 2006 at Texas
When Larry Solum announces that the Conference on Empirical Legal Studies is “one of those events that is likely to be remembered,” it is likely that this will be an important event in the legal academy. I’ve already started reading a number of interesting papers from this conference, and am excited about presenting my own ... CELS 2006 at Texas
Thoughts on Walker on Backdating
Professor Ribstein responds to David Walker’s backdating article, which Bill highlighted here at TOTM a few weeks ago. Larry’s take? This is a useful paper as far as it goes. The problem is that it has missed a significant chunk of the “literature” on this rapidly developing topic that has developed in our rapidly developing ... Thoughts on Walker on Backdating
Antitrust Canons
Matt Bodie’s “Canons” project continues over at Prawfs, and antitrust is up to bat. I took a stab at a reading list which I believe meet’s Matt’s criteria: articles that are essential to doing antitrust scholarship. My long, but embarrassingly underinclusive list, is below the fold. In particular, I have left out a good deal ... Antitrust Canons
