The John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics

Research

Do Investors Care About Municipal Debtors’ Access to Bankruptcy? Evidence from Bond Disclosures
G. Mitu Gulati

Richard C. Schragger
A key question in the academic and policy debates over the optimal architecture for sovereign debt has long been whether sovereigns should be given... MORE
Bibb Balancing: Regulatory Mismatches Under the Dormant Commerce Clause
Ruth Mason
Courts and commentators have long understood dormant Commerce Clause doctrine to contain two types of cases: discrimination and undue burdens. This... MORE
Green Bonds, Empty Promises
Quinn Curtis

G. Mitu Gulati
We examine the legal terms in the market for green bonds, debt instruments in which proceeds are earmarked, directly or indirectly, for projects with... MORE

Does Cash Bail Deter Misconduct?
Megan T. Stevenson
Courts routinely use low cash bail as a financial incentive to ensure that released defendants appear in court and abstain from crime. This can... MORE
On Rawlsian Contractualism and the Private Law
Kevin A. Kordana
Shifts in academic paradigms are rare. Still, it was not long ago that the values taken to govern the private law were thought to be distinct from... MORE
Anti-Bribery Law
Paul B. Stephan
This chapter describes the rise of transborder anti-bribery law in this century against the background of its twentieth-century origins. It focuses... MORE

Truth Bounties: A Market Solution to Fake News
Michael D. Gilbert
False information causes harm, threatening individuals, groups, and society. Many people struggle to judge the veracity of the information around... MORE
Has China’s Labor Contract Law Curtailed Economic Growth?
J. H. Verkerke
As China reformed its economy during the past 44 years, it experienced the fastest sustained expansion by a major economy in history, with an annual... MORE
Markets, repugnance, and externalities
Kimberly D. Krawiec
This Article considers one aspect of the ongoing debate about the moral limits of markets—namely, the purported harmful effects of market... MORE

Pretrial Detention and the Value of Liberty
Megan T. Stevenson
How dangerous must a person be to justify the state in locking her up for the greater good? The bail reform movement, which aspires to limit pretrial... MORE
The Law and Economics of Animus
Andrew Hayashi
People sometimes want to harm other people. This truism points to a blind spot in law and economics scholarship, which generally assumes that people... MORE
No Money Allowed
Kimberly D. Krawiec
The sale of organs and gametes, the use of commercial surrogates, and trade in blood and plasma are examples of what have been termed "contested... MORE

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The John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics at the University of Virginia School of Law supports faculty and student interests and research relating to the economic analysis of legal issues. The program stimulates discussions and debate through conferences, workshops and lectures. It encourages student research through colloquia.

The John M. Olin Foundation Inc. was established in 1953 by John Merrill Olin (1892-1982) — inventor, industrialist, conservationist and philanthropist. Olin was committed to the preservation of the principles of political and economic liberty as they have been expressed in American thought, institutions and practice.

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Jason S. Johnston

Blaine T. Phillips Distinguished Professor in Environmental Law
Director, John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics

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