Professor Christopher Snyder named editor of the Journal of Law and Economics

The Journal of Law and Economics is an academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press. It publishes articles on the economic analysis of regulation and the behavior of regulated firms, the political economy of legislation and legislative processes, law and finance, corporate finance and governance, and industrial organization. The journal is sponsored by the University of Chicago Law School.

Professor Snyder's research focuses on Industrial Organization, Microeconomic Theory and Law and Economics. His recent work has focused on healthcare and vaccines and the economics of open access journals, among other things. In addition to teaching undergraduate students, he is a research associate with the NBER in the Law and Economics Program. Snyder also serves as Secretary-Treasurer of the Industrial Organization Society, and as an Associate Editor for the Review of Industrial Organization.

Check out Professor Snyder's recent paper "Sniff Tests in Economics: Aggregate Distribution of Their Probability Values and Implications for Publication Bias" (with Ran Zhuo) published on the National Bureau of Economics Research in September 2018.