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Attention Economists and Economics Graduate Students: Want to Go to Law School for Free?
I have recently joined my colleague Bruce Johnsen as co-director of the Robert A. Levy Fellowship in Law and Liberty at GMU Law. It is a very generous fellowship — a tuition waiver plus a generous stipend — for economists who have their PhD’s or “ABD” status to come to law school on our dime along with ... Attention Economists and Economics Graduate Students: Want to Go to Law School for Free?
Diveley on Phoebe Putney and Clarifying State Action Doctrine
My former student and recent George Mason Law graduate (and co-author, here) Angela Diveley has posted Clarifying State Action Immunity Under the Antitrust Laws: FTC v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc. It is a look at the state action doctrine and the Supreme Court’s next chance to grapple with it in Phoebe Putney. here is ... Diveley on Phoebe Putney and Clarifying State Action Doctrine
Larry Ribstein wins ABA’s Martin I. Lubaroff Award
We are delighted to report that the ABA Business Law Section has posthumously awarded Larry Ribstein its Martin I. Lubaroff Award, presented annually to a lawyer who has consistently demonstrated leadership, scholarship, and outstanding service in LLCs, Partnerships and Unincorporated Entities law. That describes no one so well as Larry. The award was established in 2001 ... Larry Ribstein wins ABA’s Martin I. Lubaroff Award
Top 10 Papers for Journal of Antitrust: Antitrust Law & Policy eJournal (June 4, 2012 to August 3, 2012)
HT: Danny Sokol. TOP 10 Papers for Journal of Antitrust: Antitrust Law & Policy eJournal June 4, 2012 to August 3, 2012. Rank Downloads Paper Title 1 244 The Antitrust/Consumer Protection Paradox: Two Policies at War with Each Other Joshua D. Wright, George Mason University – School of Law, Faculty, Date posted to database: May 31, ... Top 10 Papers for Journal of Antitrust: Antitrust Law & Policy eJournal (June 4, 2012 to August 3, 2012)
GMU Law & Economics Center Presents “Unlocking the Law: Building on the Work of Professor Larry Ribstein”
I’m very pleased to announce the George Mason Law & Economics Center is hosting a program focusing on our friend and colleague Larry Ribstein’s scholarship on the market for law. Henry Butler and Bruce Kobayashi have put together a really wonderful program of folks coming together not to celebrate Larry’s work — but to ... GMU Law & Economics Center Presents “Unlocking the Law: Building on the Work of Professor Larry Ribstein”
Announcing The Journal of Antitrust Enforcement
An interesting new joint venture between Oxford University Press, Ariel Ezrachi, and Bill Kovacic (GW). Sounds like a fantastic idea and with top notch management and might be of interest to many of our readers. The Journal of Antitrust Enforcement Call for Papers – The Journal of Antitrust Enforcement (OUP) Oxford University Press is delighted ... Announcing The Journal of Antitrust Enforcement
New Online Submission Website For Supreme Court Economic Review
I am the co-editor of the Supreme Court Economic Review, a peer-review publication that is one of the country’s top-rated law and economics journals, along with my colleagues Todd Zywicki and Ilya Somin. SCER, along with its publisher, the University of Chicago Press, have put together a new submissions website. If you have a relevant submission, please ... New Online Submission Website For Supreme Court Economic Review
Abandoning Antitrust’s Chicago Obsession: The Case for Evidence-Based Antitrust
I’ve posted to SSRN an article written for the Antitrust Law Journal symposium on the Neo-Chicago School of Antitrust. The article is entitled “Abandoning Chicago’s Antitrust Obsession: The Case for Evidence-Based Antitrust,” and focuses upon what I believe to be a central obstacle to the continued evolution of sensible antitrust rules in the courts and ... Abandoning Antitrust’s Chicago Obsession: The Case for Evidence-Based Antitrust
Antitrust Citations in Federal Court, 2003-2011
Below is a graph illustrating the number of citations to selected antitrust publications in federal courts from 2003 – 2011. The full study is available on the Antitrust Source website and updates previous data collected by Jonathan Baker on behalf of the Antitrust Law Journal Editorial Board. The data and study – including a list ... Antitrust Citations in Federal Court, 2003-2011
CEO Vacations and Stock Prices
An interesting looking empirical piece from David Yermack (NYU), Tailspotting: How Disclosure, Stock Prices and Volatility Change When CEOs Fly to Their Vacation Homes. I haven’t read it closely yet. Here’s the abstract: This paper shows close connections between CEOs’ vacation schedules and corporate news disclosures. Identify vacations by merging corporate jet flight histories with ... CEO Vacations and Stock Prices
Steve Salop Wins Global Competition Review Academic Excellence Award
Congratulations to my friend, colleague, and occasional TOTM contributor Steve Salop (Georgetown Law) on winning Global Competition Review’s Academic Excellence Award this year. From the announcement: Around 1,500 Global Competition Review (GCR) readers cast their votes, honoring outstanding individuals in such areas as competition law and economics around the world. GCR is the world’s leading ... Steve Salop Wins Global Competition Review Academic Excellence Award
David Schleicher on City Unplanning
Forbes interviews my colleague and office neighbor David Schleicher on his new and very interesting paper, City Unplanning. This paper continues Schleicher’s interesting line of research on the law and economics of cities with a creative and powerful analysis of the political economy of zoning in big cites. Here’s a brief snippet from the start ... David Schleicher on City Unplanning
