I am a Bigelow Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School. My research focuses on contracts and commercial law with an emphasis on contract theory and empirical investigations of contract content and practice.
Articles
Harm, Ambiguity, and the Regulation of Illegal Contracts, George Mason Law Review (2010)
Prohibitions on contract are a common technique for achieving desired policy outcomes. By deeming certain...
The Attributes of Transactions and the Limits of the New Formalism, Berkeley Business Law Journal (2009)
A recent movement in contracts scholarship—the so-called New Formalism—seeks to justify limitations on the introduction...
Works in Progress
Relational Governance and Contract Damages: Evidence from Franchising (2009)
The literature on contract theory expects parties to use incentive mechanisms that minimize the costs...