Michael L. Wachter, William B. Johnson Professor of Law and Economics; Co-Director, Institute for Law and Economics professor Wachter received his ph.d. in economics from Harvard University and joined the penn faculty in 1970. He has held full professorships in three of penn’s schools: the school of arts and sciences, where he has been professor of economics since 1976; the Wharton school, where he was professor of management, 1980–92; and the Law school, where he became professor of law and economics in 1984. He has been senior advisor to the Brookings panel on economic activity in addition to consulting for the Federal reserve’s Board of governors and the Council of economic advisors. He has also served as a member of the national Council on employment policy and as a commissioner on the minimum Wage study Commission. professor Wachter served as deputy provost of the University of pennsylvania from July 1995 to January 1998, and as Interim provost from January to december 1998. He is the author of numerous articles in law and economics, as well as in corporation law and labor law and economics.
Amy Wax, Robert Mundheim Professor of Law a graduate of Yale College and Harvard medical school, professor Wax trained as a neurologist at new York Hospital before completing a law degree at Columbia Law school in 1987. she served as a clerk to the Honorable abner J. mikva of the U.s. Court of appeals for the d.C. Circuit and worked for six years at the office of the solicitor general at the U.s. department of Justice, where she argued 15 cases before the U.s. supreme Court. she taught from 1994 to 2001 at the University of virginia Law school. Her areas of teaching and research include civil procedure, remedies, labor and employment law, poverty law and welfare policy, the law and economics of work and family, and social science and the law. professor Wax joined the penn Law Faculty in fall 2001.
Susan M. Wachter, Richard B. Worley Professor of Financial Management, Professor of Real Estate and Finance, The Wharton School; Co-Director, Institute for Urban Research
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From 1998 to 2001, as assistant secretary for policy development and research, U.s. department of Housing and Urban development, dr. Wachter served as the senior urban policy official and principal advisor to the secretary on overall HUd policies and programs. at Wharton, dr. Wachter was Chairperson of the real estate department and professor of real estate and Finance from July 1997 until her 1998 appointment to HUd. she founded and currently serves as director of Wharton’s geographical Information systems Lab. dr. Wachter served as a member of the Board of directors of the Beneficial Corporation from 1985 to 1998 and of the mIg residential reIt from 1994 to 1998. she was the editor of Real Estate Economics from 1997 to 1999 and serves on the editorial boards for several real estate journals. dr. Wachter has been a member of the advanced studies Institute of the Homer Hoyt Institute since 1989. she is author of more than 100 scholarly publications and is the recipient of several awards for teaching excellence at the Wharton school.
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