Econ 522 – Economics of
Law – Spring 2012
Lectures: |
Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:30-3:45 p.m., Social Science 5106 |
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Professor: |
Dan Quint, dquint@ssc.wisc.edu |
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7428 Social Science, 263-2515Office hours: Tuesdays 1:30-3:30 p.m., other times by appointment |
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Teaching Assistant: |
Fran Flanagan, fflanagan@wisc.edu 6443 Social ScienceOffice hours: Mondays 12:15-2:15 p.m. |
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Exam Dates: |
Two in-class midterms, tentatively scheduled for Feb 29 and March 26Final exam Monday, May 14, 10:05 a.m.-12:05 p.m., location TBA |
Syllabus Homework 1 – efficiency due 11:59 p.m., Thursday February 9 via Learn@UW
Homework 2 – property law due 11:59 p.m., Thursday February 23 via Learn@UW
Sample exam problems from past semesters, so you know what to expect.
Slides/Lecture Notes introductory material Lecture 1 – overview, the Common and Civil Law traditions, whales and baseballsLecture 2 – efficiency – what is it, and do we want it? Optional (ungraded) homework problem for next MondayLecture 3 – static game theory, motivating property law property law Lecture 4 – the Coase Theorem; Demsetz on when property rights will expandLecture 5 – normative Coase and normative Hobbes; Calabresi and Melamed on remediesLecture 6 – more on efficient property law design; sequential rationalityLecture 7 – intellectual property Section Handouts Section 1 (Jan 27)Section 2 (Feb 3) You can also check out the course materials from last semester, the course will be very similar.