Workshop on Regulation and Coordination: Andrew Tuch

About the Speaker

Professor Tuch teaches and writes in the areas of financial and securities regulation, corporate law and theory, broker-dealer regulation, and agency law. His work has explored how firm structure contributes to financial misconduct and financial instability. It has also examined the fiduciary, professional and other obligations of investment banks in a range of contexts, including in mergers and acquisitions. His scholarship has appeared in a variety of leading journals both in the United States and overseas.

Presentation on Funding Opportunities in Policy Research: Lou Franchina

About the Speaker

With more than fifteen years of experience in Tulane’s development office, Lou Franchina will present an overview of several private grant opportunities for faculty in the areas of policy and social sciences. This presentation is intended to be a mere introduction, and Lou welcomes the opportunity to meet with faculty individually to discuss their research areas and related funding needs.

Public Policy Working Group: Douglas Harris

About the Speaker

Harris is an economist whose research explores how the level and equity of student educational outcomes are influenced by education policies such as desegregation, standards, teacher certification, test-based accountability, school choice, privatization, and school finance. As director of Era-New Orleans, his current work focuses on the effects of the unprecedented school reforms that emerged in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Public Policy Working Group: Trey Dronyk-Trosper

About the Speaker

Trey Dronyk-Trosper is the postdoctoral fellow for the Public Finance Policy Program. Originally from the small town of Bartlesville in northeastern Oklahoma, he received both his bachelor’s degree and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Dronyk-Trosper’s main concentrations are on public economics and public finance at the state and local levels. Currently, his projects include research on municipal budgets and financing, environmental and water policy issues, and questions regarding human capital accumulation.

Public Policy Working Group: Patrick Button

About the Speaker

Dr. Button researches in three areas. First, he researches discrimination in labor markets on the basis of age or disability. He is currently working on a field experiment to quantify how much discrimination older workers face, and what factors influence the amount of discrimination. He also studies the impact of employment non-discrimination laws on older or disabled workers. Second, Button studies how tax incentives for economic development affect where firms operate, using tax incentives for the film industry as a case study.

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