Law & Economics Ph.D. News

Hersch's findings published in the May 2011 American Economic Review. Read More

Hersch will serve a two-year term as a vice president of SEA Read More

Study by W. Kip Viscusi and Joni Hersch of Vanderbilt's Law & Economics Program finds Mexican immigrants work in higher risk jobs with low wages Read More

Joni Hersch, professor of law and economics and co-director of Vanderbilt's Ph.D. Program in Law and Economics, has calculated the first measures of sexual harassment risks at work by industry, age group and sex. Hersch finds that female workers are six times more likely… Read More

Joni Hersch, professor of law and economics and co-director of Vanderbilt's Ph.D. Program in Law and Economics, has calculated the first measures of sexual harassment risks at work by industry, age group and sex. Hersch finds that female workers are six times more likely… Read More

Skiba studies factors that drive demand for pawnshops Read More

Joni Hersch, professor of law and economics and co-director of Vanderbilt's Ph.D. Program in Law and Economics, has calculated the first measures of sexual harassment risks at work by industry, age group and sex. Hersch finds that female workers are six times more likely… Read More

Midwest Title Loans v. Indiana addressed interest rate and fee limitations Read More

Americans value preventing deaths from terrorist attacks more than preventing deaths from natural disasters Read More

Results indicate that laws mandating recycling are effective Read More