Marc T. Law

I am a Professor of Economics at the University of Vermont, where I have been a faculty member since 2003. I am an applied microeconomist whose research is rooted in economic history. Much of my work focuses on the food and drugs regulation, occupational licensing, and the regulation of advertising during the Progressive Era. In recent years, I have turned my attention to cultural economics, especially the economics of classical music and creativity.

I am co-authoring a book with Karol J. Borowiecki (University of Southern Denmark), tentatively titled What Makes a Great Composer? A Data-Driven Exploration of Music History. The book is under contract with Princeton University Press as part of the Economic History of the Western World series. Drawing on new data and an economic perspective, it offers a fresh, empirical take on the determinants of composer greatness over more than a thousand years of Western classical music. We have completed a full draft and the manuscript is currently under review.

You can learn more about my work by visiting my CV, Google Scholar page, SSRN author page, ORCID page, or RePEc author page.