Avishalom Tor, professor and director of the Research Program on Law and Market Behavior at Notre Dame Law School, has been selected as one of two winners of an individual fellowship at the Israel Institute of Advanced Studies of Jerusalem for the 2021-22 academic year. …
"The Mostly Neglected Opportunity Costs of Behavioral Policies" on June 30, 2020 as part of the lecture series “New Frontiers in Law and Economics” at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany (May be by video conference, details to follow).…
The debate over staggered boards is heating up, largely because of the appearance of novel studies—including our own prior research—that challenge the results of earlier works documenting a negative impact of staggered boards on firm value. Meanwhile, a third way has appeared in this debate. In a recent article in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Settling the Staggered Board Debate, Professors Amihud, Schmid, and Davidoff Solomon (ASDS) purport to settle this debate, arguing that neither the position in favor or against staggered boards “has empirical support and, on average, a staggered board has no significant effect on firm value.” This article by K.J. Martijn Cremers, Simone Sepe, and Saura Masconale addresses the ASDS study and shows that the staggered board debate is very much alive rather than settled. Read more here.
The 9th Law and Economics Conference in Lucerne: Law and Economics of Regulation will be held on April 16-17 at the University of Lucerne.
The annual conference is organized by Professor Avishalom Tor, director, Research Program on Law and Market Behavior (ND LAMB), and co-sponsored by ND LAMB.…
The Lucerne Academy will take place from July 5th through the 9th, 2021.…
