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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      March, 2012
 
[1] I accepted the invitation to present my paper Contracts as a Barrier to Entry: An Experimental Study of Exclusive Dealing with Stipulated Damages (with Kathryn Spier) at the Law and Economics Workshop organized by the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (November 29, 2012).
 
[2] My paper Contracts as a Barrier to Entry: An Experimental Study of Exclusive Dealing with Stipulated Damages (with Kathryn Spier) has been selected for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Law and Economics Association organized by Stanford Law School (May 18-19, 2012).
                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      February, 2012
 
[1] I accepted the invitation to present my paper Contracts as a Barrier to Entry: An Experimental Study of Exclusive Dealing with Stipulated Damages (with Kathryn Spier) at the Law and Economics Colloquium organized by New York University Law School (May 1, 2012).
 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      December, 2011
 
[1] I was awarded a three-year National Science Foundation Research Grant (with Kathryn Spier; $205,000) for my work on contracts.
 
[2] I was nominated for the Excellence in Research Award by the University of Alberta Economics Department.
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       November, 2011
 
[1] I accepted the invitation to present my paper Contracts as a Barrier to Entry: An Experimental Study of Exclusive Dealing with Stipulated Damages (with Kathryn Spier) at the Seminar in Law, Economics and Organization organized by Harvard Law School (March 26, 2012).
 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       July, 2011
 
[1] I accepted the invitation to contribute to the Research Handbook on Economic Models of Law. The chapter is entitled Liability and Litigation. The Handbook, which is part of the Research Handbooks in Law and Economics Series coordinated by Judge Richard Posner and Professor Francesco Parisi (Edward Elgar Publishing), will be edited by Professors Thomas Miceli and Mathew Baker.
 
[2] I accepted the invitation to serve as a paper reviewer for the Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, organized by Northwestern University School of Law (November 4-5, 2011).
 
[3] I served as a chapter reviewer for the Research Handbook on the Economic Analysis of Torts, edited by Professor Jennifer Arlen.
 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       June, 2011
 
[1] I received an invitation to visit the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods as a senior research fellow of law and economics (open dates).
  
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       April, 2011
 
[1] I accepted the invitation to be a speaker at the Theoretical Law and Economics Workshop organized by the University of Washington at Saint Louis, Law School (November 4-5, 2011).
 
[2] My paper Playing against an Apparent Opponent: Liability and Litigation under Self-Serving Bias (with Maxim Nikitin and Sergei Izmalkov) has been selected for presentation at the International Conference on Game Theory organized by the Game Theory Society (July 13-15, 2011).
 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       March, 2011
 
[1] My paper Exclusive Dealing and Market Foreclosure: Further Experimental Results (with Kathryn Spier) has been selected for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Law and Economics Association organized by Columbia Law School (May 20-21, 2011).
 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       December, 2010
 
[1] I accepted the invitation to contribute two chapters to the Research Handbook on Behavioral Law and Economics.  The chapters are entitled Contracts and Markets and Litigation and Tort Reform. The Handbook, which is part of the Research Handbooks in Law and Economics Series coordinated by Judge Richard Posner and Professor Francesco Parisi (Edward Elgar Publishing), will be edited by Professors Kathryn Zeiler and Joshua Teitelbaum.
 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       September, 2010
 
[1] I accepted the invitation to serve as paper reviewer and discussant for the Conference on Empirical Legal Studies organized by Yale Law School (November 5-6, 2010).
 

                                                                                                                                                                                  August, 2010

[1]  I accepted the invitation to visit Yale Law School as a Senior Research Scholar in Law during the academic year 2011-2012.
 
[2] I accepted the invitation to be a speaker at the 29th Seminar on the New Institutional Economics (June 15 - June 17, 2011).
The seminar is organized by the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods/University of Bonn and will be devoted to the the topic Testing Contracts.
 
[3] I accepted the invitation to visit Northwestern University School of Law as an Associate Professor of Law during the Spring 2011. I will teach Corporate Law.
 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     June, 2010

[1] I received a faculty retention offer from the University of Alberta.
 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     May, 2010

 
[1] I received a job offer (Associate Professor of Law) from Northwestern University School of Law.