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CLEO Workshops 2006-2007
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Fall 2006
- August 28 - George Tsebelis (UCLA), Topic: "From the European Convention to the Brussels IGC and Beyond": "A Veto Players Analysis."
- September 11 - Pamela Samuelson (UC Berkeley, Boalt Hall), Topic: "Principles for Resolving Conflicts Between Trade Secrets and the First Amendment."
- September 25 - Andrew Hanssen (Montana State University), Topic: " 'Deja Vu All Over Again': Representative Government, Private Property, and the History of Eminent Domain." Co-sponsored with the USC Marshall School of Business Applied Economics Workshop
- October 9 - Andrea Prat (London School of Economics (LSE), Economics Department, Visiting NYU), Topic: "How Much Public Money Is Wasted and Why? Evidence from a Change in Procurement Law." Co-sponsored with the USC Marshall School of Business Applied Economics Workshop
- Octorber 23 - Robert Cooter (UC Berkeley, Boalt Hall), Topic: "Information, Innovation, and Poverty." Co-sponsored with the Institute for Economic Research on Civilizations: www.usc.edu/schools/college/crcc/ierc, and the Birnkrant Seminar in the Economic Department.
- November 6 - Lee Anne Fennell (University of Illinois College of Law),
Topic: "Property and Half-Torts." - November 20 - Laura Beny (The University of Michigan Law School), Topic: "Why Do Firms Adopt (and Enforce) Voluntary Insider Trading Policies? Evidence From Canadian Firms"
- December 4 - Howard Shelanski (Berkeley School of Law), Topic: tba
Spring 2007
- January 29- Laurence Iannaccone (George Mason University, Economics), Topic: "Religious Extremism: The Good, the Bad, and the Deadly."
Co-sponsored with the Institute for Economic Research on Civilizations: www.usc.edu/schools/college/crcc/ierc, and the Birnkrant Seminar in the Economic Department. - February 12 - Jennifer F. Reinganum (Vanderbilt University, Economics),
Topic: tba - February 26 - Robert Daines (Stanford Law School), Topic: tba
- March 5 - K. Daron Acemoglu (MIT, Economics), Topic: "The Persistence of Institutions and Economic Growth." Co-sponsored with the Institute for Economic Research on Civilizations: www.usc.edu/schools/college/crcc/ierc, and the Birnkrant Seminar in the Economic Department, Time: 4:00-5:30 pm, Location: tba;
- March 26 - Hugo Mialon (Emory University, Economics), Topic: "The Effects of the Fourth Amendment: An Economic Analysis."
- April 9 - Philip T. Hoffman (Caltech), Topic: "Why Is It That Europeans Ended Up Conquering the Rest of the Globe? Prices, the Military Revolution, and Western Europe's Comparative Advantage in Violence." Co-sponsored with the Institute for Economic Research on Civilizations: www.usc.edu/schools/college/crcc/ierc, and the Birnkrant Seminar in the Economic Department.
- April 16 - Christine Jolls (Yale Law School), Topic: tba
- April 23 - Max Schanzenbach (Northwestern Law School), Topic: tba
- May 7 - Devah Pager (Princeton University, Sociology Department),
Topic: "Race at Work: Discrimination in Low Wage Labor Markets."
RECENT NEWS

From chemistry to family law
April 12, 2021
Q&A with Nicole Martinez, partner at Higgs Fletcher & Mack and San Diego Gould Alumni Association chair

Message from the Dean: Retirement of Scott Bice
April 1, 2021
Scott Bice is a former Dean and beloved professor, whose name is synonymous with the Gould School of Law

Gould professor wins Fulbright research scholar grant to study international refugee law
March 31, 2021
Hannah Garry to spend spring 2022 at University of Oslo Law