Nationality United States Role Economist Name William Landes | Alma mater Columbia University Field Law and economics Education Columbia University | |
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Institution University of Chicago Law School School or tradition Chicago School of Economics Books The Economic Structure, The Economic Structure, The Behavior of Federal J, The political economy Similar People Richard Posner, Gary Becker, Jonathan Levin, Jakub Kastl, Douglas Bernheim | ||
Copyright and appropriation art recent legal controversies william landes and anthony hirschel
William M. Landes (born c. 1939) is an American economist who has written about the economic analysis of law. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, which cited him for his work in the field. Landes also is the original founder (with Richard Posner and Andrew Rosenfield) of Lexecon, a consulting firm.
Landes received his Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University. He taught in the Economics Departments of Stanford University, Columbia University, the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and The University of Chicago before joining the faculty of the University of Chicago Law School, where he is emeritus.
Landes is also a board member of the Smart Museum of Art, which is located in the University of Chicago's Hyde Park Campus. The Elisabeth & William M. Landes Gallery within the Smart Museum of Art features works created between the 1880s and the late 1950s.
Landes is a collector of left-wing and homoerotic art.