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Scott A. Baker

Professor of Law

Education

  • Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2001)
  • J.D., University of Chicago (2000)
  • B.A., Miami University (1994)

After beginning his legal training at George Mason University, Baker transferred to the University of Chicago. After law school and graduate school, Baker clerked for Judge E. Grady Jolly of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Baker's research interests lie at the intersection of law, economics, and game theory. Baker's co-written work has appeared in the Journal of Law and Economics, the Journal of Law, Economics and Organization and the law reviews at Vanderbilt, Boston University, Florida State, and George Washington. A member of the California Bar, Baker joined the faculty at the University of North Carolina in 2002. He teaches law and economics, corporate finance, contracts, torts, property, and intellectual property.

Data and Programs, Should we Pay Federal Circuit Judges More?

View Data and Accompanying Materials for The Economics of Limited Liability: An Empirical Study of New York Law Firms, 1 U. Ill. L. Rev. 2005 (with K. Krawiec)

Model Appendix, Scott Baker and Kim Krawiec, Incomplete Contracts in a Complete Contract World, __ Fl. State L. Rev. __ (2006).

Scott Baker's Curriculum Vitae

Selected Publications

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  • Comment: Make or Buy and International Law (with M. Gulati), 165 J. INSTITUTIONAL THEORETICAL ECON. 134 (2009). [Generic Link]
  • Justices as Economic Fixers: A Comment on a Macrotheory of the Court, (S. Baker, A. Feibelman & W. Marshall) 58 DUKE L.J. 1627 (2009). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis]
  • Refining the Judicial Salary/Judicial Performance Debate: A Response to Professors Cross, Czarnezki, Henderson, Marks, and Zorn, 88 B.U. L. REV. 855 (2008). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, Hein, Generic Link]
  • The Continuing Search for a Meaningful Model of Judicial Rankings and why It (Unfortunately) Matters, (S. Baker,  A. Feibelman & W. Marshall) 58 DUKE L.J. 1645 (2009). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis]
  • Should We Pay Federal Circuit Judges More?, 88 B.U. L. REV. 63 (2008). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, SSRN, Hein, BEPress]
  • Deterrence, Lawsuits, and Litigation Outcomes under Court Errors (with C. Landeo and M. Nikitin), 23 J.L. ECON. & ORG. 57 (2007). [Westlaw, SSRN]
  • Discouraging Patent Holdouts through Reciprocal Commitments, (with Doug Lichtman). American Law & Economics Association Annual Meetings. American Law & Economics Association 17th Annual Meeting. Working Paper 16. (April 2007). [BEPress]
  • Intellectual Property Disclosure as 'Threat' (with P. Lee and C. Mezzetti) (Date Posted: September 8, 2007). [SSRN]
  • The Profession in Profile: A Commentary on Baker and Parkin (with J. Baker) 84 N.C. L. REV. 1683 (2006) (symposium on the legal profession). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, Hein]
  • The Rat Race as an Information-Forcing Device (with S. Choi & M. Gulati), 81 IND. L.J. 53 (2006). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, SSRN, Hein, BEPress]
Scott A. Baker

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Contact Information

Phone: 919.962.8514
Fax: 919.962.1277
E-mail: sbaker@email.unc.edu


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