The Robert A. Levy Fellows Workshops are designed for presentation
of original scholarly research in its early stages that reflects the
importance of private property, the rule of law, and the market process
to the preservation of individual liberty. Workshop speakers include
the Law School's Levy Fellows, full-time faculty, and guests.
Jan. 27: Josh Wright, GMU School of Law Visiting
Assistant Professor
Title: The Economics of Slotting Arrangements (with
Ben Klein)
Feb. 3: John Lott, American Enterprise Institute
Title: The Judicial Confirmation Process: The Difficulty in
Being Smart
Feb. 10: Jeremy Kidd , GMU School of Law Levy
Fellow
Title: An Economic Model Costing “Early Offers” Medical
Malpractice Reform (with Jeffrey O’Connell and Evan
Stephenson)
Feb. 17: Todd Zywicki, GMU School of Law visiting
Georgetown Law
Title: Obesity and Advertising Policy (with Debra Holt and Maureen
K. Ohlhausen)
Feb. 24: Charles Keckler, GMU School of Law Visiting
Assistant Professor
Title: Life v. Death: Why Capital Punishment
Should Marginally Deter
March 3: Iliana Ilieva, GMU School of Law Levy
Fellow
Title: Law and Economics in Mutualfundland (with
D. Bruce Johnsen)
March 10: TBD
March 17: Spring Break
March 24: Ross Davies, GMU School of Law
Title: Modest
Justice
March 31: Robert Scharff, GMU School of Law Levy
Fellow
itle: Deadly Solution: Crack, Homicide, and the Decline of Crime
in America(with Dan Polsby).
April 7: Christine Kymn, GMU
School of Law Levy Fellow
Title: The Inefficiency
of Incompatibility (with
Ross Davies)
April 14: Dean Lueck, University
of Arizona Department of Economics
Title: Conservation
Easements: Economics, Law and Politics
April 21: Moin Yahya, University
of Alberta School of Law and former Levy Fellow
Title: Does
Ideology Matter for Canadian Judicial Decisions?
An Empirical Study of the Ontario Court for Appeal
from 1990-2003
