Prerequisite: None

Exam Type: No Exam

This seminar is co-taught by Professors Bebchuk, Kaplow, Spier, and Prof. Oliver Hart, the Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor in the Economics Department.

This seminar will involve the presentation by speakers of papers in the fields of law and economics, law and finance, and contract theory.

The seminar is given jointly with the FAS Economics Department, and should be taken only by students with substantial prior interest in and exposure to economic analysis. (If you have questions about this, please contact Professor Kaplow.) Students may satisfy the course requirement either by submitting, before sessions, short written comments on the paper to be presented or by writing a short seminar paper on an approved topic.

Note: There will be six hours of evening sessions, specific dates and times are TBD. More information will be provided closer to the start of the term on the course Canvas page.