[Office of the Provost, Faculty Retention Offer, 2010]
Professor of Economics, Associate Professor of Economics with Tenure & Assistance Professor of Economics, 2002 -
Courses: Game Theory, Advanced & Intermediate Microeconomic Theory, Industrial Organization
Board Member, 2019 -
Executive and Research Director, 2015 - 2016
Senior Research Scholar in Law, 2011 – 2012
Senior Research Scholar in Law, 2012
[Dean's Office, Job Offer, 2010]
Visiting Associate Professor of Law, 2011, 2009 – 2010
Courses: Business Strategy, Corporate Law
Research Scholar in Economics, 2007
Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, 2006 – 2007
Courses: Business Strategy, Microeconomic Theory, Negotiations
Research Scholar in Economics, 2005
PhD Economics, 2002
Andrew W. Mellon Best Student Award, 2001 -2002
Reuben E. Slesinger Best Research Award, 2001
Dean's Research Award, 2000 - 2001
Department's Best Graduate Research Award, 2000
MA Economics, 2001
MPA Public Policy, 1996
BSc Economics, 1992
Board of Directors Nomination (one of twelve nominees), 2021
Award No. SES-1155761 (with Kathryn Spier), 2012 – 2015
University of Pittsburgh
Terry McLaine Waters Distinguished Economics Alumni Lecture, 2013
Research Fellowship, 2011 (declined due to time conflict)
Roundtable on Behavioral Economics Research Award, 2005 – 2006
Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2000 – 2001
Andrew W. Mellon Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2001-2002
Dean's Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2000-2001
Teaching Fellowship, 1999 – 2000
Teaching Assistantship, 1998 – 1999
Center for Latin American Studies Tuition Fellowship, 1994 – 1996
Research Fellowship, 1994 – 1996
Optimal Law Enforcement with Ordered Leniency (with Kathryn Spier). THE JOURNAL OF LAW & ECONOMICS, 63, pp. 71-111 (2020). University of Chicago Press
Optimal Law Enforcement with Ordered Leniency (with Kathryn Spier). NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH W25095 (2018)
Financially-Constrained Lawyers: An Economic Theory of Legal Disputes (with Maxim Nikitin). GAMES & ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR, 109, pp. 625-647 (2018). Journal of the Game Theory Society
Exclusionary Vertical Restraints and Antitrust: Experimental Law and Economics Contributions. Chapter 3. In Kathryn Zeiler and Joshua Teitelbaum (eds.), THE RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON BEHAVIORAL LAW & ECONOMICS (2018). Edward Elgar Publishing
Law and Economics and Tort Litigation Institutions: Theory and Experiments. Chapter 9. In Kathryn Zeiler and Joshua Teitelbaum (eds.), THE RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON BEHAVIORAL LAW & ECONOMICS (2018). Edward Elgar Publishing
Stipulated Damages as a Rent-Extraction Mechanism: Experimental Evidence (with Kathryn Spier). THE JOURNAL OF INSTITUTIONAL & THEORETICAL ECONOMICS, 172, 235-273 (2016). Mohr Siebeck Verlag Publishing
Incentive Contracts for Teams: Experimental Evidence (with Kathryn Spier). THE JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION, 119, pp. 496-511 (2015). Elsevier Publishing
Shotguns and Deadlocks (with Kathryn Spier). THE YALE JOURNAL ON REGULATION, 31, pp. 143-187 (2014). Yale University Press
Article featured in THE HARVARD LAW SCHOOL FORUM ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL REGULATION, 2013
Irreconcilable Differences: Judicial Resolution of Business Deadlock (with Kathryn Spier). THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW REVIEW, 81, pp. 203-229 (2014). University of Chicago Press
Article cited in the legal case MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS, EASTER DISTRICT - U.S.A. Forbush v. Adams, [2014] No. ED101290, Judge Dowd
Article featured in THE HARVARD LAW SCHOOL FORUM ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL REGULATION, 2013
Shotgun Mechanisms for Common-Value Partnerships: The Unassigned-Offeror Problem (with Kathryn Spier). ECONOMICS LETTERS, 121, pp. 390-394 (2013). Elsevier Publishing
Incentives for Care, Litigation, and Tort Reform under Self-Serving Bias (with Sergei Izmalkov and Maxim Nikitin). Chapter 6. In Thomas Miceli and Matthew Baker (eds.), THE RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON ECONOMIC MODELS OF LAW (201). Edward Elgar Publishing
Exclusive Dealing and Market Foreclosure: Further Experimental Results (with Kathryn Spier). THE JOURNAL OF INSTITUTIONAL AND THEORETICAL ECONOMICS, 168, pp. 150-170 (2012). Mohr Siebeck Verlag Publishing
Incentives and Contract Frames; Comment (with Kathryn Spier). THE JOURNAL OF INSTITUTIONAL AND THEORETICAL ECONOMICS, 168, pp. 83-88 (2012). Mohr Siebeck Verlag Publishing
Trigger Happy or Gun Shy: Dissolving Common-Value Partnerships with Texas Shootouts (with Kathryn Spier and Richard Brooks). THE RAND JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS, 41, pp. 649-673 (2010). Journal of the RAND Corporation
Article cited in the legal case MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS, EASTER DISTRICT - U.S.A. Forbush v. Adams, [2014] No. ED101290, Judge Dowd
Article cited in the legal case SUPREME COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA – AUSTRALIA JTA Le Roux v. Lawson, [2013] WASC 293, Justice Edelman
Naked Exclusion: An Experimental Study of Contracts with Externalities (with Kathryn Spier). THE AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, 99, pp. 1850-1877 (2009). Journal of the American Economic Association
Naked Exclusion: An Experimental Study of Contracts with Externalities (with Kathryn Spier). NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH W14115 (2008)
Cognitive Coherence and Tort Reform. THE JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC PSYCHOLOGY, 6, pp. 898-912 (2009). Elsevier Publishing
Deterrence, Lawsuits and Litigation Outcomes under Court Errors (with Maxim Nikitin and Scott Baker). THE JOURNAL OF LAW, ECONOMICS & ORGANIZATION, 23, pp. 57-97 (2007). Oxford University Press
Split-Awards and Disputes: An Experimental Study of a Strategic Model of Litigation (with Linda Babcock and Maxim Nikitin). THE JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION, 63, pp. 553-572 (2007). Elsevier Publishing
Dollarization and the Inflation Threshold (with Gaetano Antinolfi and Maxim Nikitin). THE CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS, 40, pp. 628-649 (2007). Journal of the Canadian Economic Association
Split-Award Tort Reform, Firm's Level of Care and Litigation Outcomes (with Maxim Nikitin). THE JOURNAL OF INSTITUTIONAL AND THEORETICAL ECONOMICS, 162, pp. 571-600 (2006). Mohr Siebeck Verlag Publishing
Settlement Escrows: An Experimental Study of a Bilateral Bargaining Game (with Linda Babcock). THE JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION, 53, pp. 401-417 (2004). Elsevier Publishing
Optimal Civil Justice Design (with Maxim Nikitin & Sergei Izmalkov). UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, HSE UNIVERSITY & NEW ECONOMIC SCHOOL
Ordered Leniency: An Experimental Study of Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting (with Kathryn Spier). UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA & HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Debiasing through Law: An Experimental Study of Unrealistic Optimism and Consumer Safety Law (with Christine Jolls). UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA & YALE UNIVERSITY
Optimal Leniency Rule Design (with Maxim Nikitin). UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA & HSE UNIVERSITY
Optimal Litigation Finance Design (with Maxim Nikitin). UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA & HSE UNIVERSITY
Corruption and Leniency Policies: Theory and Experimental Evidence. UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
American Economic Association
American Law & Economics Association
Canadian Economic Association
Econometric Society
Economic Science Association
A Course on Experimental Economics and Legal Research. Lecturer, 2015
First Workshop on Experimental Economics and Legal Research (with Kathryn Zeiler). Organizer and Lecturer, 2013
Boston University, School of Law
University of Texas at Dallas, Naveen Jindal School of Management
University of Waterloo, Faculty of Arts
American Economic Association, CSWEP, Carolyn Shaw Bell Award
British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences (British NSF), Economics Program
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Canadian NSF), Economics Program
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Canadian NSF), Law Program
Conference on Empirical Legal Studies
Imperial College Press, U.K.
Research Handbook on the Economic Analysis of Torts (Jennifer Arlen, ed.)
American Economic Review
American Law & Economics Review
Economic Inquiry
Economics Letter
European Economic Review
European Journal of Law & Economics
Games & Economic Behavior
International Economic Review
International Review of Law & Economics
Journal of Economics & Management Strategy
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
Journal of Finance
Journal of Institutional & Theoretical Economics
Journal of Labor Economics
Journal of Law & Economics
Journal of Law, Economics & Organization
Journal of Legal Studies
Journal of Public Economics
Journal of the European Economic Association
Law & Society Review
Management Science
Oxford Economic Papers
RAND Journal of Economics
Review of Law & Economics
Stanford Law Review
Forbush v. Adams, [2014] No. ED101290
Articles cited by Judge Dowd: THE RAND JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS (2010)
JTA Le Roux v. Lawson, [2013] WASC 293
Articles cited by Justice Edelman: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW REVIEW (2014), THE RAND JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS (2010)
PON HLS, Business Negotiation Skills: How to Deal with a Failing Business Partnership, January 2020
Mahler, P., Interview with Professors Landeo and Spier on Shotguns and Deadlocks, December 2013
Mahler, P., How Should Courts Maximize Shareholder Value When Dissolving Deadlock Companies?, October 2013
Landeo, C.M. and Spier, K.E., Irreconcilable Differences: Judicial Resolution of Business Deadlocks with Shotguns Mechanisms, November 2013
Landeo, C.M. and Spier, K.E., Judicial Resolution of Business Deadlock, October 2013
Landeo, C.M. and Spier, K.E., Private and Judicial Resolution of Business Deadlock, August 2013
University Of Toronto, School of Law, Law & Economics Colloquium (scheduled)
Game Theory Society, Stony Brook Game Theory Festival, New York (scheduled)
Universidad del Pacífico, School of Economics, Faculty Workshop (scheduled)
Universidad de Lima, School of Economics, Annual Meeting of the Peruvian Economic Association (scheduled)
Georgetown University, Law Center, Law & Economics Theory Conference (2022)
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Soshnick Colloquium on Law and Economics (2021)
University of Virginia School of Law, Seminar in Law & Economics (2019)
New York University School of Law, Annual Meeting of the American Law & Economics Association (Panel Chair and Presenter, 2019)
NBER Summer Institute in Law & Economics (2018)
University of Toronto School of Law, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Law & Economics Association (2018)
IOMG Institute, First International Conference on Legal Strategy (Keynote Speaker, 2017)
Game Theory Society, Stony Brook Game Theory Festival, New York (2017)
NBER Summer Institute in Law & Economics (2016)
Harvard Law School, Annual Meeting of the American Law & Economics Association (2016)
Universidad de los Andes School of Economics and School of Law, LAWLE (2016)
Universidad Católica del Peru School of Economics, Annual Meeting of the Peruvian Economic Association (2016)
Universidad Diego Portales School of Law, Annual Meeting of the Latin American and Iberian Law & Economics Association (2016)
University of Toronto School of Law, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Law & Economics Association (2016)
University of Essex Department of Economics, Microeconomics Seminar (2016)
New Economic School Department of Economics, Microeconomics Seminar (2016)
Game Theory Society, Stony Brook Game Theory Festival, New York (2015)
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Workshop on Experimental Law & Economics (2015)
Harvard Law School, Faculty Workshop (2014)
University of Chicago School of Law, Annual Meeting of the American Law & Economics Association (2014)
Boston University School of Law, Seminar in Law & Economics (2014)
University of Pittsburgh Department of Economics, Terry McLaine Waters Distinguished Economics Alumni Lecture (2013)
University of Chicago School of Law, Revelation Mechanisms and the Law Symposium (2013)
University of Michigan Law School, Law & Economics Seminar (2013)
Universidad del Pacífico School of Economics, Faculty Workshop (2013)
University of Pennsylvania School of Law, Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (2013)
University of Pennsylvania, School of Law, 1st Workshop on Experimental Economics & Legal Research (2013)
Harvard Law School, Seminar in Law, Economics & Organization Research (2012)
DePaul University Department of Economics, Microeconomics Seminar (2012)
Connecticut College,Department of Economics, Microeconomics Seminar (2012)
New York University School of Law, Law & Economics Colloquium (2012)
Stanford University School of Law, Annual Meeting of the American Law & Economics Association (2012)
University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, Law and Economics Seminar (2012)
Columbia University Law School, Annual Meeting of the American Law & Economics Association (2011)
University of Washington at Saint Louis School of Law, Theoretical Law & Economics Workshop (2011)
Game Theory Society, Stony Brook Game Theory Festival, New York (2011)
Max Planck Institute, 29th Seminar on the New Institutional Economics: Testing Contracts (2011)
Northwestern University School of Law, Faculty Workshop (2010)
Northwestern University School of Law, Law & Economics Colloquium (2010)
University of San Diego School of Law, Annual Meeting of the American Law &Economics Association (2009)
University of Southern California School of Law, Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (2009)
NBER Summer Institute in Law & Economics (2008)
Columbia University Law School, Annual Meeting of the American Law & Economics Association (2008)
Cornell University School of Law, Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (2008)
Carnegie Mellon University Department of Economics, North America Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society (2008)
University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business, Phelps Centre, Competition Policy Workshop (2008)
Harvard Law School, Seminar in Law, Economics & Organization Research (2007)
Georgetown University Law School, Seminar in Law & Economics (2007)
New York University School of Law, Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (2007)
Universidad de Piura Department of Economics, Microeconomics Seminar (2007)
Economic Science Association, North American Conference, Tucson (2007)
Econometric Society, North American Winter Meeting, Boston (2006)
Game Theory Society, Stony Brook Game Theory Festival, New York (2006)
Catholic University of Portugal Department of Economics, Southern European Economic Theorists Annual Meeting (2006)
Economic Science Association, North American Conference, Tucson (2006)
Econometric Society, Australasian Meeting, Alice Springs, Australia (2006)
Universidad Católica del Perú CENTRUM Business School, Microeconomics Seminar (2006)
University of Victoria Department of Economics, Microeconomics Seminar (2006)
American Economic Association, Annual Meeting, Philadelphia (2005)
University of Toronto School of Law, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Law & Economics Association (2005)
State University of New York at Stony Brook, Center for Game Theory, Law & Economics Workshop (2005)
American Economic Association, Annual Meeting, San Diego (2004)
Brown University Department of Economics, North America Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society (2004)
University of Toronto School of Law, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Law & Economics Association (2004)
University of Chile Department of Economics, Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society (2004)
University of Calgary Department of Economics, Microeconomics Seminar (2004)
Northwestern University Department of Economics, North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society (2003)
University of Toronto School of Law, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Law & Economics Association (2003)
Carleton University Department of Economics, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economic Association (2003)
Economic Science Association, North American Conference, Tucson (2003)
Jennifer Keber (JD, Doctor of Jurisprudence), Research Supervisor, Owen L. Coon/James A. Rahl Award, 2012
Layla Dotson (JD, Doctor of Jurisprudence), Research Supervisor, Owen L. Coon/James A. Rahl Award, 2011
Michael Ata (PhD Economics), External Examiner, 2019
Jeffrey Andrews (PhD Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology), External Examiner, 2014
John Simpson (PhD Philosophy), External Examiner, 2008
Yi Wang (MA Economics), Thesis Committee Member, 2017
David Garrett (MA Economics), Thesis Committee Member, 2016
Wissam Saleh (MA Economics), Thesis Committee Member, 2015
Akanna Osita-Okeke (MA Economics), Thesis Committee Member, 2015
Tatiana Gubanova (MA Economics), Thesis Committee Member, 2008
Yao Chen (MA Economics), Thesis Committee Member, 2008
Xiangbo Liu (MA Economics), Thesis Committee Member, 2005
Harjit Shokar (MA Economics), Thesis Committee Member, 2004
David Ribak (BA Honors Economics and Political Science), Thesis Supervisor, 2016
Finbarr Timbers (BSc Honors Mathematics), Project Supervisor, URI Research Award, 2013
Philippe de Montigny (BA Honors Economics), Thesis Supervisor, 2013
Randal Lucas (BA Honors Economics), Thesis Supervisor 2008
Barbara Russell (BA Honors Economics), Project Supervisor, Roger S. Smith Award, 2008
Graduate Appeals Committee Member, 2013 –
Graduate Program Committee Member, 2017 – 2018
Microeconomics PhD Comprehensive Examination Committee Member, 2003 – 2009
Undergraduate Recruiting and Advising Committee Member, 2018 -, 2014 – 2016, 2003 – 2010
Research Grants and Awards Committee Chair, 2012 – 2013
Newsletter Editorial Committee Chair, 2013 – 2015
Web Presence Committee Chair, 2013 – 2015
Teaching Quality Committee Member, 2008
Faculty Retention Offer - Research Fund, 2010 - 2019
Faculty Retention Offer - Course Reduction Fund, 2010 – 2019
Endowment Fund for the Future Grant, 2008 - 2012, 2002 – 2005
Killam Research Fund, 2008 – 2010
Faculty Research Fund, 2002 -
Faculty Research Fund, 2011, 2009 – 2010
Faculty Research Fund, 2006 - 2007
Senior Research Economist, 1996 – 1997
Research Economist, 1992 – 1996
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