Seminars: Law, Economics, and Organization

Description: The presentation of work in progress in the field of law, economics, and organizations. Presentations by members of the various Harvard faculties, outside speakers, and graduate students. Offered jointly with the Law School as 96250-11 and with the Business School as 4670

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  Speaker    

9/8/25

Jesse Shapiro (Harvard Economics)

"Pitfalls of Demographic Forecasts of US Elections"

9/15/25

Roberta Tallarita (Harvard Law)

"The Price of Delaware Corporate Governance Reform"

9/22/25

Nathan Hendren (MIT)

"A Welfare Analysis of Policies Impacting Climate Change"

9/29/25

Wei Jiang (Emory University)

"Common Investors Across the Capital Structure: Private Debt Funds as Dual Holders"

10/6/25

Claudia Goldin (Harvard Economics)

"Why Women Won"

10/14/25 (Tuesday)

Charlie Wang (Harvard Business)

"Does Share Repurchase Legalization Really Harm Corporate Investments?"

10/20/25

Josh Lerner (Harvard Business)

"Private Equity and Workers: Modeling and Measuring Monopsony, Implicit Contracts, and Efficient Reallocation"

10/27/25

Crystal Lang (Harvard Law)

"The Hidden Health Care Crisis Behind Bars: A Randomized Trial to Accredit U.S. Jails"

11/3/25

Marcel Kahan (New York University)

"Corporate Governance and Firm Value"

11/10/25

Andrew Newman (Boston University and Harvard)

"Competing for the Quiet Life: An Organizational Theory of Market Structure"

11/17/25

Hannah Shaffer (Harvard Law)

"Surveilling Police"

11/24/25

Edward Glaeser (Harvard Economics)

"Who Reforms and How"