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Current Workshop 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.

Spring Quarter 2008

April 1
The Wealth of Politicians and Rents to Political Office in the U.S., 1840–18701
James M. Snyder, MIT

April 15
Learning Social Preferences at Yale Law School
Ray Fisman, Columbia Business School
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April 29
Vicarious Liability for Bad Corporate Governance: Are We Wrong About 10b-5?
James Spindler, University of Southern California
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May 13 
Viewpoint Diversity and Media Consolidatoin: An Empirical Study
Daniel Ho, Stanford University

Workshops are at 4:00 PM in Seminar Room F. 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.