Ian M. Ayres

Publications

• The Law and Economics of Guilt and Shame
  93 U. CHI. L. REV. (2026) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2026
• Racial and Gender Bias in Child Maltreatment Reporting Decisions: Results of a Randomized Vignette Experiment
  21 UC L.J. RACE & ECON. JUST. 183 (2024) · UC Law Journal of Race and Economic Justice · 2024
• The Impact of Student Assistance on the Granting and Service of Temporary Restraining Orders
  Connecticut Law Review · 2021
• Gun Owners Support the Right Not to Bear Arms
  69 EMORY L.J. 1131 (2020) · Emory Law Journal · 2020

• Strengthening the Passivity Default
  44 ACTEC L.J. (2019) · ACTEC Law Journal · 2019
• A Market Test for Bayh-Dole Patents
  102 CORNELL L. REV. 271 (2017) · Cornell Law Review · 2017
• Using the False Claims Act to Remedy Tax-Expenditure Fraud
  66 DUKE L.J. 535 (2016) · Duke Law Journal · 2016
• Contracting for Privacy Precaution (and a Laffer Curve for Crime)
  45 J. LEGAL STUD. (2016) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2016
• Innovation Sticks: The Limited Case for Penalizing Failures to Innovate
  82 U. CHI. L. REV. (2015) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2015
• Unhappy Meals: Sex Discrimination in Toy Choice at McDonald’s
  21 WM. & MARY J. RACE GENDER & SOC. JUST. 237 (2015) · William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice · 2015
• Beyond Diversification: The Pervasive Problem of Excessive Fees and "Dominated Funds" in 4o1(k) Plans
  124 YALE L.J. 1476 (2015) · Yale Law Journal · 2015
• Beyond Diversification: The Pervasive Problem of Excessive Fees and "Dominated Funds" in 401 (k) Plans
  124 YALE L.J. 1476 (2015) · Yale Law Journal · 2015
• Evidence and Extrapolation: Mechanisms for Regulating Off-Label Uses of Drugs and Devices
  64 DUKE L.J. 377 (2014) · Duke Law Journal · 2014
• Extempore
  81 U. CHI. L. REV. ONLINE (2014) · University of Chicago Law Review Online · 2014
• Skeletons in the Database: An Early Analysis of the CFPB's Consumer Complaints
  19 FORDHAM J. CORP. & FIN. L. 343 (2013) · Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law · 2013
• A Randomized Experiment Assessing the Accuracy of Microsoft's "Bing It On" Challenge
  26 LOY. CONSUMER L. REV. 1 (2013) · Loyola Consumer Law Review · 2013
• Tops, Bottoms, and Versatiles: What Straight Views of Penetrative Preferences Could Mean for Sexuality Claims Under Price Waterhouse
  123 YALE L.J. 714 (2013) · Yale Law Journal · 2013
• Information Escrows
  111 MICH. L. REV. 145 (2012) · Michigan Law Review · 2012
• Regulating Opt-Out: An Economic Theory of Altering Rules
  121 YALE L.J. 2032 (2012) · Yale Law Journal · 2012

• First Amendment Bargains
  18 YALE J. L. & HUMAN. 178 (2007) · Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities · 2007
• Market Power and Inequality: A Competitive Conduct Standard for Assessing When Disparate Impacts Are Unjustified
  95 CAL. L. REV. 669 (2007) · California Law Review · 2007
• Ya-Huh: There Are and Should Be Penalty Defaults
  33 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. (2006) · Florida State University Law Review · 2006
• The Secret Refund Booth
  73 U. CHI. L. REV. (2006) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2006
• Menus Matter
  73 U. CHI. L. REV. (2006) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2006
• Mark(et)ing Nondiscrimination: Privatizing ENDA with a Certification Mark
  104 MICH. L. REV. 1639 (2006) · Michigan Law Review · 2006
• A Separate Crime of Reckless Sex
  72 U. CHI. L. REV. (2005) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2005
• Institutional and Evolutionary Failure and Economic Development in the Middle East
  30 YALE J. INT'L L. 397 (2005) · Yale Journal of International Law · 2005
• To Insure Prejudice: Racial Disparities in Taxicab Tipping
  114 YALE L.J. 1613 (2005) · Yale Law Journal · 2005
• The Inclusive Command: Voluntary Integration of Sexual Minorities into the U.S. Military
  103 MICH. L. REV. 150 (2004) · Michigan Law Review · 2004
• Why a New Paradigm?
  37 U. RICH. L. REV. 1147 (2003) · University of Richmond Law Review · 2003
• Correlated Values in the Theory of Property and Liability Rules
  32 J. LEGAL STUD. (2003) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2003
• Valuing Modern Contract Scholarship
  112 YALE L.J. 881 (2003) · Yale Law Journal · 2003
• The New Paradigm Revisited
  91 CAL. L. REV. 743 (2003) · California Law Review · 2003
• The Campaign-Finance Crucible: Is Laissez Fair?
  101 MICH. L. REV. 1532 (2003) · Michigan Law Review · 2003
• Internalizing Outsider Trading
  101 MICH. L. REV. 313 (2002) · Michigan Law Review · 2002
• A Dilution Mechanism for Valuing Corporations in Bankruptcy
  111 YALE L.J. 83 (2001) · Yale Law Journal · 2001
• Optimal Delegation and Decoupling in the Design of Liability Rules
  100 MICH. L. REV. 1 (2001) · Michigan Law Review · 2001
• Determinants of Citations to Articles in Elite Law Reviews
  29 J. LEGAL STUD. (2000) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2000

• Empire or Residue: Visions of the Contractual Canon
  26 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. 897 (1999) · Florida State University Law Review · 1999
• Eroding Entitlements as Litigation Commitment
  66 U. CHI. L. REV. (1999) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1999
• Discrediting the Free Market (reviewing <i>The Progressive Assault on Laissez Faire: Robert Hale and the First Law and Economics Movement</i> by Barbara Fried)
  66 U. CHI. L. REV. (1999) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1999
• Limiting Patentees' Market Power Without Reducing Innovation Incentives: The Perverse Benefits of Uncertainty and Non-Injunctive Remedies
  97 MICH. L. REV. 985 (1999) · Michigan Law Review · 1999
• Taking Issue with Issue Advocacy
  85 VA. L. REV. 1793 (1999) · Virginia Law Review · 1999
• Threatening Inefficient Performance of Injunctions and Contracts
  148 U. PENN. L. REV. 45 (1999) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1999
• Targeting Repeat Offender NDAs
  50 STAN. L. REV. 837 (1998) · Stanford Law Review · 1998
• The Twin Faces of Judicial Corruption: Extortion and Bribery
  74 DENV. L. REV. 1231 (1997) · Denver Law Review · 1997
• Response to Painter
  65 FORDHAM L. REV. 201 (1996) · Fordham Law Review · 1996
• Legal Entitlements as Auctions: Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Beyond
  106 YALE L.J. 703 (1996) · Yale Law Journal · 1996
• Further Evidence of Discrimination in New Car Negotiations and Estimates of Its Cause
  94 MICH. L. REV. 109 (1995) · Michigan Law Review · 1995
• Solomonic Bargaining: Dividing a Legal Entitlement To Facilitate Coasean Trade
  104 YALE L.J. 1027 (1995) · Yale Law Journal · 1995
• Distinguishing Between Consensual and Nonconsensual Advantages of Liability Rules
  105 YALE L.J. 235 (1995) · Yale Law Journal · 1995
• Relational Investing and Agency Theory
  15 CARDOZO L. REV. 1033 (1994) · Cardozo Law Review · 1994
• Alternative Grounds: Epstein's Discrimination Analysis in Other Market Settings
  31 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 67 (1994) · San Diego Law Review · 1994
• Economic Rationales for Mediation
  80 VA. L. REV. 323 (1994) · Virginia Law Review · 1994
• Mutual and Unilateral Mistake in Contract Law
  22 J. LEGAL STUD. (1993) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1993
• Unequal Racial Access to Kidney Transplantation
  46 VAND. L. REV. 805 (1993) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 1993
• Making a Difference: The Contractual Contributions of Easterbrook and Fischel (reviewing <i>The Economic Structure of Corporate Law</i> by Frank H. Easterbrook, Daniel R. Fischel)
  59 U. CHI. L. REV. (1992) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1992
• Judging Close Corporations in the Age of Statutes
  70 WASH. U. L. REV. 365 (1992) · Washington University Law Review · 1992
• Strategic Contractual Inefficiency and the Optimal Choice of Legal Rules
  101 YALE L.J. 729 (1992) · Yale Law Journal · 1992
• Partial-Industry Regulation: A Monopsony Standard for Consumer Protection
  80 CAL. L. REV. 13 (1992) · California Law Review · 1992
• Back to Basics: Regulating How Corporations Speak to the Market
  77 VA. L. REV. 945 (1991) · Virginia Law Review · 1991
• Optimal Pooling in Claims Resolution Facilities
  53 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 159 (1990) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 1990

• Filling Gaps in Incomplete Contracts: An Economic Theory of Default Rules
  99 YALE L.J. 87 (1989) · Yale Law Journal · 1989
• A Private Revolution: Markovits and Markets
  64 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 861 (1988) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 1988
• Rationalizing Antitrust Cluster Markets
  95 YALE L.J. 109 (1985) · Yale Law Journal · 1985