Access Restricted to Northwestern Law CommunityResearch Roundtable
Law & Economics of Innovation, December 6th-7th, 2007
Law & Economics of Innovation II, January 31st-February 1st, 2008
Preview of Daniel Spulber, Theory of the Firm, March 6th-7th, 2008
Expansion of Liability Under Public Nuisance, April 7th-8th, 2008
Alternative Energy, April 17th-18th, 2008
Preview of Mission and Money: Understanding the University, September 11th - 12th, 2008
Preview of Networks in Telecommunications, September 18th - 19th, 2008
Preview of Solomon's Knot: How Law Can End the Poverty of Nations, December 11th - 12th, 2008
Environmental, Health and Safety Risks of Emerging Technologies, April 23rd - April 24th, 2009
Upcoming Research Roundtables
Preview of Solomon's Knot: How Law Can End the Poverty of Nations
December 11th - 12th, 2008
Confirmed Participants
• Michael Abramowicz, George Washington University School of Law
• Daniel Berkowitz, University of Pittsburgh
• Albert Breton,
Department of Economics, University of Toronto
• Henry N. Butler, Northwestern Law
• Robert Cooter, Dept. of Economics, UC Berkeley
• David Haddock, Northwestern Law
• Michael Heller, Columbia Law School
• Jim Huffman, Lewis and Clark Law School
• D. Bruce Johnsen, George Mason University School of Law
• Tim Kane, Kauffman Foundation
• Lynne Kiesling, Northwestern University, Department of Economics
• Dean Lueck, University of Arizona
• Glynn Lunney, Tulane University Law School
• Geoffrey Manne, LECG
• Steve Ramirez, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
• Paul Rubin, Emory University
• Hans-Bernd Schafer, University of Hamburg
• Daniel Spulber, Kellogg School of Management
• Scott Stern, Kellogg School of Management
Solomon's Knot: How Law Can End the Poverty of Nations
Title Page
Chapter 1: The Economic Future of the World
Chapter 2: The Double Trust Dilemma in Development
Chapter 3: Make or Take - The Property Principle
Chapter 4: Keeping What You Make - Property Law
Chapter 5: Contracts - Doing What You Say
Chapter 6: Giving Credit to Credit - Finance and Banking
Chapter 7: How to Keep a Secret - Corporations
Chapter 8: Hold or Fold - Bankruptcy
Environmental, Health, and Safety Risks of Emerging Technologies
April 23rd - 24th, 2009
This roundtable is co-sponsored by Northwestern University's Institute for Sustainable Practices.
Confirmed Presenters
David Dana, Northwestern University School of Law
The Interplay Between Liability Caps and "Precautionary" Science: The Case of Nanotechnology
Kimberly Gray, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University
Five Myths About Nanotechnology in the Current Public Policy Debate
Laurie Zoloth, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Hard to Nail Down: Emerging Science and the Reality of the Complete Unknown
John McGinnis, Northwestern University School of Law
Regulation in an Era of Accelerating Technology
James N. Druckman, Department of Political Science, Northwestern University
Framing, Motivated Reasoning, and Emergent Technologies
Daniel Andreas Diermeier, Department of Managerial Economic & Decision Sciences, Northwestern University
Customer Acceptance of New Technologies
Past Research Roundtables
Networks in Telecommunications
September 18th - 19th, 2008
Participants
• Henry N. Butler, Northwestern Law
• Babette Boliek, George Mason University-Information Economy Project
• Jeffrey Church, University of Calgary, Economics
• Michelle P. Connolly, Federal Trade Commision
• David Gabel, Queens College
• Shane Greenstein, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• Keith N. Hylton, Boston University School of Law
• Pierre Larouche, TILEC
• John Lopatka, Penn State Dickinson School of Law
• Julian Morris, International Policy Network
• Bill Page, University of Florida Levin College of Law
• George Priest, Yale Law School
• William Rogerson, Northwestern University, Department of Economics
• David Sappington, University of Florida-Gainesville
• Hans-Bernd Schafer, University of Hamburg
• William Sharkey, Federal Communications Commission
• J. Gregory Sidak, Georgetown Law Center
• D. Daniel Sokol, University of Florida Levin College of Law
• James B. Speta, Northwestern Law
• Daniel F. Spulber, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• Jagannadha Pawan Tamvada, Max Planck Institute of Economics
• Kevin Werbach, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School
• Ingo Vogelsang, Boston University, Department of Economics
• Christopher S. Yoo, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Networks In Telecommunications-Economics and Law
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Econmics of Networks
Chapter 2 The Design and Cost of Networks
Chapter 3 Pricing Network Services
Chapter 4 Network Regulation Basics
Chapter 5 Economic Effects of Regulating Access to Networks
Chapter 6 Pricing of Access to Networks
Chapter 7 Constitutional Limits on the Pricing of Access to Networks
Chapter 8 The Regulation of Local Telephone Networks
Chapter 9 Antitrust as Applied to Network Industries
Chapter 10 The Regulation of Last-Mile Broadband Networks
Chapter 11 The Regulation of Broadband Networks and the Internet: Network Neutrality Versus Network Diversity
Chapter 12 The Regulation of Broadband Networks and the Internet: Network Neutrality Versus Network Capacity
Bibliography
Mission and Money: Understanding the University
September 11th - 12th, 2008
Public Lecture
Thursday, September 11th, 2008 at 5 p.m.
Northwestern Law
Lincoln Hall
375 E. Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
A cocktail reception will follow in Lowden Hall.
To RSVP for cocktail reception, plese call (312) 503-1811 or e-mail searlecenter@law.northwestern.edu
Participants
• Evelyn Asch, IPR, Northwestern University
• Jeffrey Ballou, IPR, Northwestern University
• Henry N. Butler, Northwestern Law, Searle Center
• Avner Ben-Ner, University of Minnesota
• David Breneman, University of Virginia
• Evelyn Brody, Chicago-Kent College of Law
• Mary Cahillane, The Spencer Foundation
• Jeannette Colyvas, Northwestern University
• Roger Geiger, Pennsylvania State University
• Andrew Gillen, Center for College Affordability and Productivity
• David Haddock, Northwestern Law
• Wesley E. Lindahl, North Park University
• Henry Manne, George Mason University
• Jim Rosenbaum, IPR, Northwestern University
• James Shulman, ARTstor
• Wesley Skogan, IPR, Northwestern University
• Dean David Van Zandt, Northwestern Law
• Richard Vedder, Ohio University
• David Warsh, Economics Principals
• Burton A. Weisbrod, Northwestern University
Alternative Energy
April 17th - 18th, 2008
Papers
Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology and Commerce, and Director, Erb Institute forGlobal Sustainable Enterprise, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan
Why Do States Adopt Renewable Portfolio Standards? An Empirical Investigation
David C. Popp, Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration,Center for Policy Research, The Maxwell School , Syracuse University
Trade, Technology and the Environment: Why Do Poorer Countries Regulate Sooner?
Andrew Green, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Was That Really Necessary? Some Implications of Trade Law for Alternative Energy
Carolyn Fischer, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC
Comparing Environmental and Technology Policies for Climate Mitigation and Renewable Energy
Participants
• Michael Barsa, Northwestern University School of Law
• Henry N. Butler, Northwestern University School of Law
• David A. Dana, Northwestern University School of Law
• Daniel Diermeier, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• David Driesen, Syracuse University College of Law
• Carolyn Fischer, Resources for the Future
• Jacob Gersen, University of Chicago Law School
• Kimberly A. Gray, Northwestern University, McCormick School of Engineering
• Andrew Green, Toronto Faculty of Law
• David Haddock, Northwestern University School of Law
• Benjamin F. Jones, Kellogg School of Management
• Madhu Khanna, University of Illinois, Department of Agricultural & Consumer Economics
• Lynne Kiesling, Kellogg School of Management
• Howard Learner, Environmental Law and Policy Center
• Tom Lyon, University of Michigan Business, Ross School of Business
• Jonathan Nash, University of Chicago Law School
• Gregory Nemet, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• David Popp, Syracuse University, Maxwell School
• William Rogerson, Northwestern University, Department of Economics
• Jim Rossi, Florida State University College of Law
• Jerry Taylor, Cato Institute
• Margaret Taylor, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
• Wallace E. Tyner, Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics
Expansion of Liability Under Public Nuisance
April 7th - 8th, 2008
Papers
Keith N. Hylton, Paul J. Liacos Scholar in Law, Boston University School of Law
The Economics of Public Nuisance Law and the New Enforcement Actions
George L. Priest, John M. Olin Professor of Law and Economics, Yale Law School
Market Share Liability in Personal Injury and Public Nuisance Litigation: An Economic Analysis
Martin H. Redish, Louis and Harriet Ancel Professor of Law & Public Policy, Northwestern University School of Law
Private Contingent Fee Lawyers and Public Power: Constitutional and Political Implications
David A. Dana, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty Research, Northwestern University School of Law
The Mismatch Between Public Nuisance Law and Global Warming
Participants
• Jonathan H. Adler, Case Western Reserve Law School
• Ronald Aronovsky, Southwestern Law School
• Ronen Avraham, Northwestern University School of Law
• Henry N. Butler, Northwestern University School of Law
• Jason Czarnezki, Marquette University Law School
• David A. Dana, Northwestern University School of Law
• Richard O. Faulk, Gardere, Houston
• Robert L. Glicksman, University of Kansas School of Law
• Keith N. Hylton, Boston University College of Law
• Jason Johnston, University of Pennsylvania Law School
• Alexandra Klass, University of Minnesota Law School
• Donald Kochan, Chapman University School of Law
• John McGinnis, Northwestern University School of Law
• George L. Priest, Yale Law School
• Martin Redish, Northwestern University School of Law
• James B. Speta, Northwestern University School of Law
• Frank J. Vandall, Emory Law
• Sandra Zellmer, University of Nebraska College of Law
• Todd J. Zywicki, George Mason University School of Law
Preview of Daniel Spulber, Theory of the Firm (forthcoming Cambridge University Press)
March 6th-7th, 2008
AGENDA
Participants
• Alexei Alexandrov, University of Rochester
• Michael Baye, Federal Trade Commission
• Henry N. Butler, Northwestern University School of Law
• Shane Greenstein, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• David Haddock, Northwestern University School of Law
• Gillian Hadfield, USC Gould School of Law
• Peter G. Klein, University of Missouri
• Kenneth Lehn, University of Pittsburgh, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
• Jin Li, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• Henry Manne, Dean Emeritus George Mason University School of Law
• Scott E. Masten, University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
• Troy Paredes, Washington University School of Law
• Joaquin Poblete, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• Jens Prüfer, Tilburg University
• Larry E. Ribstein, University of Illinois College of Law
• John Rust, University of Maryland, Department of Economics
• Daniel Spulber, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• Scott Stern, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• Joshua D. Wright, George Mason University School of Law
Law & Economics of Innovation II
Thursday January 31st - Friday February 1st, 2008
AGENDA
Papers
Daniel F. Spulber, Elinor Hobbs Distinguished Professor of International Business, Professor of Management Strategy, and Professor of Law, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Incentives to Invest with Competition and Asymmetric Information
Philip J. Weiser, Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Research & Executive Director of Silicon Flatirons Program, University of Colorado Law School
Spectrum Policy Reform and the Next Frontier of Property Rights
Scott Stern, Associate Professor of Management and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
The Impact of Uncertain Intellectual Property Rights on the Market for Ideas: Evidence from Patent Grant Delays,
Management Science (forthcoming)
Sean O'Connor, Associate Director, CASRIP; Associate Director, Graduate Program in Intellectual Law and Policy; Associate Professor of Law; Faculty Director, Entrepreneurial Law Clinic, University of Washington School of Law
Enabling Research or Unfair Competition? De Jure and De Facto Research Use Exceptions in Major Technology Countries
Participants
• Olufunmilayo B. Arewa, Northwestern University School of Law
• Kenneth Ayotte, Northwestern University School of Law
• Omri Ben-Shahar, University of Michigan Law School
• Henry N. Butler, Northwestern University School of Law
• Eric Claeys, George Mason University School of Law
• Leemore Dafny, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• David Haddock, Northwestern University School of Law
• F. Scott Kieff, Washington University School of Law
• Lynne Kiesling, Northwestern University, Department of Economics
• Peter G. Klein, University of Missouri-Columbia
• Dean Lueck, University of Arizona, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
• Geoffrey Manne, Microsoft/Lewis & Clark Law
• Sean O'Connor, University of Washington School of Law
• Michael Rizzo, American Institute for Economic Research
• Jason Snyder, Northwestern University School of Law
• Daniel Spulber, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• Scott Stern, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• Philip J. Weiser, University of Colorado Law School
• Dean Williamson, Harvard Law School
• Joshua D. Wright, George Mason University Law School
• Martin Zelder, Northwestern University, Department Economics
Law & Economics of Innovation
Thursday, December 6th - Friday December 7th, 2007
AGENDA
Papers
Daniel F. Spulber, Elinor Hobbs Distinguished Professor of International Business, Professor of Management Strategy, and Professor of Law, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Unlocking Technology: Antitrust and Innovation
Stan Liebowitz, Ashbel Smith Professor of Economics, Univeristy of Texas at Dallas
Bundles of Joy: The Ubiquity and Efficiency of Bundles in New Technology Markets
Shane M. Greenstein, Elinor and Wendall Hobbs Professor of Management and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Economic Experiments and Neutrality in Internet Access
F. Scott Kieff, Professor of Law, Washington University School of Law
Removing Property from Intellectual Property and (Intended?) Pernicious Impacts on Innovation and Competition
Participants
• Olufunmilayo Arewa, Northwestern University School of Law
• Henry N. Butler, Northwestern University School of Law
• Shane Greenstein, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• David Haddock, Northwestern University School of Law
• Andrew Hanssen, U.S. Department of Justice and Montana State University
• D. Bruce Johnsen , George Mason School of Law
• F. Scott Kieff , Washington University School of Law
• Lynne Kiesling, Northwestern University, Department of Economics
• Peter G. Klein, University of Missouri
• Bruce H. Kobayashi, George Mason School of Law
• Stan Liebowitz, University of Texas at Dallas, School of Management
• Geoffrey Manne, Lewis and Clark Law Schoo, Microsoft Corporation
• Stephen E. Margolis, North Carolina State University, College of Management
• Scott E. Masten, University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
• Francesco Parisi, University of Minnesota
• Matthew Sag, DePaul University School of Law
• Sean B. Seymore, Northwestern University School of Law
• Henry E. Smith, Yale Law School
• James Speta, Northwestern University School of Law
• Daniel Spulber, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• Christopher S. Yoo, Yale Law School
• Martin Zelder, Northwestern University, Department of Economics
Contact
For more information regarding this conference or other initiatives of the Searle Center , please call (312) 503-1811 or send an email to searlecenter@law.northwestern.edu .
