This collection houses law and economics working papers, sometimes cross-posted on SSRN. For more information, see the program webpage.

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Papers from 2024

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Retail Investors and Corporate Governance: Evidence from Zero-Commission Trading, Dhruv Aggarwal, Albert H. Choi, and Yoon-Ho Alex Lee

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Contractual Remedies in Mergers: Lessons from Crispo v. Musk, Dhruv Aggarwal, Albert H. Choi, and Geeyoung Min

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Digital Lawyering: Advocacy in the Age of AI, Patrick Barry

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Creditors, Shareholders, and Losers In Between: A Failed Regulatory Experiment, Albert H. Choi and Jeffery Zhang

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Paying for Performance? Attorneys’ Fees in Securities Fraud Class Actions, Stephen J. Choi, Jessica M. Erickson, and A. C. Pritchard

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COVID-19 Risk Factors and Boilerplate Disclosure, Stephen J. Choi, Mitu Gulati, Xuan Liu, and Adam C. Pritchard

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Labor Law, Ownership, and the Firm, Sanjukta Paul

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Consent Searches and Underestimation of Compliance: Robustness to Type of Search, Consequences of Search, and Demographic Sample, Roseanna Sommers and Vanessa K. Bohns

Papers from 2023

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Meme Corporate Governance, Dhruv Aggarwal, Albert H. Choi, and Yoon-Ho Alex Lee

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The Meme Stock Frenzy: Origins and Implications, Dhruv Aggarwal, Albert H. Choi, and Yoon-Ho Alex Lee

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After Pillar One, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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A Response to Professor Choi’s Beyond Purposivism in Tax Law, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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What Would Surrey Say? The Long Reach of Stanley S. Surrey, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah and Nir Fishbien

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The Historical Origins of the Multilateral Tax Convention, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah and Eran Lempert

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Fee Shifting, Nominal Damages, and the Public Interest, Maureen Carroll

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The Business of Securities Class Action Lawyering, Stephen J. Choi, Jessica Erickson, and Adam C. Pritchard

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All Stick and No Carrot? Reforming Public Offerings, Stephen J. Choi and Adam C. Pritchard

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Flexibility and Conversions in New York City's Housing Stock: Building for an Era of Rapid Change, Ingrid Gould Ellen and Noah Kazis

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Learning From Land Use Reforms: Housing Outcomes and Regulatory Change, Noah Kazis

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Collusive Prosecution, Ben A. McJunkin and J.J. Prescott

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Legitimacy and Online Proceedings: Procedural Justice, Access to Justice, and the Role of Income, Avital Mentovich, J.J. Prescott, and Orna Rabinovich-Einy

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Valuing Social Data, Amanda Parsons and Salomé Viljoen

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Love Hertz: Corporate Groups and Insolvency Forum Selection, John A. E. Pottow

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Modular Bankruptcy: Toward a Consumer Scheme of Arrangement, John A. E. Pottow

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Using ODR Platforms to Level the Playing Field: Improving Pro Se Litigation through ODR Design, J.J. Prescott

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Cryptic Patent Reform Through the Inflation Reduction Act, Arti K. Rai, Rachel Sachs, and Nicholson Price

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Interpreting the Administrative Procedure Act: A Literature Review, Christopher J. Walker and Scott MacGuidwin

Papers from 2022

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New Developments in US Treaty Overrides, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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Taxing Nomads: Reviving Citizenship-Based Taxation for the 21st Century, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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Tax Harmony: The Promise and Pitfalls of the Global Minimum Tax, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah and Young Ran (Christine) Kim

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A New Framework for Digital Taxation, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, Young Ran (Christine) Kim, and Karen Sam

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Initial Public Offering and Optimal Corporate Governance, Albert H. Choi

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Liability for Non-Disclosure in Equity Financing, Albert H. Choi and Kathryn E. Spier

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No New Tax Cuts? Examining the Rescue Plan's New State Tax Limits, Conor Clarke and Edward G. Fox

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Criminal Enforcement of Section 2 of the Sherman Act: An Empirical Assessment, Daniel A. Crane

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The New Major Questions Doctrine, Daniel Deacon and Leah Litman

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The New Public/Private Equilibrium and the Regulation of Public Companies, Elisabeth de Fontenay and Gabriel V. Rauterberg

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Fenceposts Without a Fence, Katherine Di Lucido, Nicholas Kean Tabor, and Jeffery Zhang

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How to Improve Legal Representation of Children in America's Child Welfare System, Donald Duquette

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Is Corporate Law Nonpartisan?, Ofer Eldar and Gabriel V. Rauterberg

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Racial Discrimination in Life Insurance, William G. Gale, Kyle D. Logue, Nora Cahill, Rachel Gu, and Swati Joshi

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Protecting the Sovereign's Money Monopoly, Gary B. Gordon and Jeffery Zhang

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Evaluating Project Need for Natural Gas Pipelines in an Age of Climate Change, Alexandra B. Klass

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Hierarchy, Race & Gender in Legal Scholarly Networks, Keerthana Nunna, W. Nicholson Price II, and Jonathan Tietz

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On Firms, Sanjukta Paul

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Subjective Beliefs about Contract Enforceability, JJ Prescott and Evan Starr

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Distributed Governance of Medical AI, W. Nicholson Price II

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Liability for Use of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, W. Nicholson Price, Sara Gerke, and I. Glenn Cohen

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What is the Law’s Role in a Recession?, Gabriel V. Rauterberg and Joshua Younger

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Unreasonable Risk: The Failure to Ban Asbestos and the Future of Toxic Substances Regulation, Rachel Rothschild

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Prison and Jail Civil Rights/Conditions Cases: Longitudinal Statistics, 1970-2021, Margo Schlanger

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Learning to Manipulate a Financial Benchmark, Megan Shearer, Gabriel V. Rauterberg, and Michael P. Wellman

Papers from 2021

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International Tax Law- Status Quo, Trends and Perspectives, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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Is GILTI Constitutional?, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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Rebellion, Rascals, and Revenue: Pleasingly Gaudy and Preposterous, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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Tax Treaties, the Constitution, and the Noncompulsory Payment Rule, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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The International Tax Regime at 100: Reflections on the OECD's BEPS Project, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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The New International Tax Regime, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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The US Taxpayer Bill of Rights: Reflections on a Toddler, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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Constitutional Review of Federal Tax Legislation, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah and Yoseph M. Edrey

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Coca Cola: A Decisive IRS Transfer Pricing Victory, at Last, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah and Gianluca Mazzoni

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Stanley Surrey, The 1981 US Model, and the Single Tax Principle, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah and Gianluca Mazzoni

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Noise Pollution, Patrick Barry

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The Economics of Class Action Waivers, Albert H. Choi and Kathryn E. Spier

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Reforming Michigan Vehicle Direct Sales Laws, Daniel A. Crane

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Funding Global Governance, Kristina B. Daugirdas

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Autonomy and the Folk Concept of Valid Consent, Joanna Demaree-Cotton and Roseanna Sommers

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Controlling Externalities: Ownership Structure and Cross-Firm Externalities, Dhammika Dharmapala and Vikramaditya S. Khanna

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The Case for Banning (and Mandating) Ransomware Insurance, Kyle D. Logue and Adam B. Shniderman

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New Innovation Models in Medical AI, Nicholson Price II, Rachel Sachs, and Rebecca S. Eisenberg

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Problematic Interactions between AI and Health Privacy, W. Nicholson Price II

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The Problem with Assumptions: Revisiting the Dark Figure of Sexual Recidivism, Tamara Rice Lave, JJ Prescott, and Grady Bridges

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Reducing Prejudice Through Law: Evidence from Experimental Psychology, Roseanna Sommers and Sara Burke

Papers from 2020

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Federal Forum Provisions and the Internal Affairs Doctrine, Dhruv Aggarwal and Albert H. Choi

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Constructive Dialogue: BEPS and the TCJA, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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COVID-19 and US Tax Policy: What Needs to Change?, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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Do Lawyers Need Economists? Review of Katja Langenbucher, Economic Transplants: On Lawmaking for Corporations and Capital Markets (Cambridge U. Press, 2017), Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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Overcoming Political Polarization: Federal Funding of Education Is the Key, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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Overcoming Political Polarization: Federal Funding of Education Is the Key, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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Should US Tax Law Be Constitutionalized? Centennial Reflections on Eisner v. Macomber (1920), Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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Taxation and Business: The Human Rights Dimension of Corporate Tax Practices, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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Taxes in the Time of Coronavirus: Is It Time to Revive the Excess Profits Tax?, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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Why Study Tax History?, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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Legitimacy and Agency Implementation of Title IX, Samuel R. Bagenstos

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May Hospitals Withhold Ventilators from COVID-19 Patients with Pre-Existing Disabilities? Notes on the Law and Ethics of Disability-Based Medical Rationing, Samuel R. Bagenstos

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Class Actions and Private Antitrust Litigation, Albert H. Choi and Kathryn E. Sprier

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Member States' Due Diligence Obligations to Supervise International Organizations, Kristina Daugirdas

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Breaking the Silence: Why International Organizations Should Acknowledge Customary International Law Obligations to Provide Effective Remedies, Kristina Daugirdas and Sachi Schuricht

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A Case for Higher Corporate Tax Rates, Edward G. Fox and Zachary D. Liscow

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Recovery for Causing Tax Overpayment - Lyeth v. Hoey and Clark Revisited, Douglas A. Kahn and Jeffrey H. Kahn

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Recovery for Causing Tax Overpayment - Lyeth v. Hoey and Clark Revisited, Douglas A. Kahn and Jeffrey H. Kahn

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Acknowledgements as a Window into Legal Academia, W. Nicholson Price II and Jonathan Tietz

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The 'Authority' of Law: Joseph Raz Reconsidered, Andrew Stumpff Morrison

Papers from 2019

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Does Customary International Tax Law Exist?, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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Globalization, Tax Competition and the Fiscal Crisis of the Welfare State: A Twentieth Anniversary Retrospective, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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If Not Now, When? US Tax Treaties With Latin America After TCJA, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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Toward a 21st-Century International Tax Regime, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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Fascism and Monopoly, Daniel A. Crane

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Of Bodies Politic and Pecuniary: A Brief History of Corporate Purpose, David B. Guenther

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Targeting Poverty in the Courts: Improving the Measurement of Ability to Pay, Meghan M. O'Neil and JJ Prescott