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Autumn 2007 Schedule Workshops at Chicago have been the proving ground for new ideas in law and economics for several decades. They are the place where faculty from Chicago and elsewhere present new ideas and try out their latest papers.
Autumn Quarter 2007 October 9 The Simple Economics of Extortion: Evidence form Trucking in Aceh October 16
Detecting Illegal Arms Trade
Stefano DellaVigna, University of California Berkeley and NBER Download paper [668KB pdf] October 23
Taxation of Transfers
Louis Kaplow, Harvard Law School November 6
What Drives Media Slant? Evidence from U.S. Daily Newspapers Jesse M. Shapiro, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago Download paper [463KB pdf] November 27
Optimal Taxation, Working Women, and the Disadvantages of Immigration Restriction as a Policy to Improve Income Distribution
Howard F. Chang, University of Pennsylvania Law School and Visiting Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School Download paper [96KB pdf] Workshops are at 4:00 PM in Seminar Room D. Copies of the workshop papers will be available on this web site or in the Law School Copy Room one week before the workshop. If you wish to receive an e-mail copy of the workshop paper please contact Marjorie Holme. Questions about the workshop schedule or availability of papers should be directed to Ms Holme by e-mail at mholme@uchicago.edu or phone at 773-702-0220. |
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