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Vanderbilt Plans Groundbreaking Ph.D. in Law and Economics; Brings in Harvard Professors Viscusi, Hersch to Lead Program.
AScribe Business & Economics News Service, January, 2006
Byline: Vanderbilt University
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- W. Kip Viscusi and Joni Hersch, law and economics scholars at Harvard Law School, will join the Vanderbilt University faculty later this year as the law school launches the first program of its kind - a Ph.D. in law and economics.
By successfully recruiting two of the nation's premier scholars in law and applied economics, Vanderbilt Law School has embarked on the next generation of law and economics education: a combination of professional and academic degrees that will train scholars not only for academic positions, but also for legal practice, policy-making and public interest work.
"Kip and Joni do foundational work in law, economics and social science," said...
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